I see memories, heartbreaks, and joys, all poured into my essays of size 12 font.
It is an understatement to say that writing has been therapeutic for me.
Looking over my writing, I cant help but notice how as human beings, we are constantly learning.
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We never seem to stop changing, growing, or healing.
At some point, we have to be here for ourselves and for our hearts in the present.
Being at peace doesnt mean that life is wonderful, or that we arent stressed, or facing anxiety.
It means sitting amidst the chaos and making the conscious decision to remain calm.
Sometimes we have to say goodbye to someone good and wait patiently for someone better.
5.Something odd about life is that the right choices dont always feel right in our bodies.
And oftentimes, in the present, it really does hurt a lot.
The pain doesnt mean the decision is wrong.
Sometimes the best choices can leave us let down and hurt.
But later on, we will be thankful.
6.I dont believe that everything happens for a reason.
I dont believe in fate.
But I do believe that we can give meaning to some of our hardest most heartbreaking moments.
7.We cant expect others to heal us no one can love us so much that we automatically love ourselves.
But maybe, when someone does love us, they can remind us what love feels like.
They can help us to believe that we are loveable.
And this can be the first step of loving ourselves knowing that we deserve to be loved.
8.Grief is ugly and painful and devastating.
Grief is dark swollen eyes and tear-stained cheeks.
But we cannot deny the sheer beauty that grief holds.
We cannot deny that grief is, in some ways, a gift.
Grief means we are missing someone someone who touched our lives in an irreplaceable way.
And theres something so dear and precious about this.
9.As hard as it is to hear, some people arent meant to stay in our lives forever.
They are passerbys, like boats in the night.
And though they may only stay for a short while, they stay safely in our hearts indefinitely.
Temporary people can leave permanent footprints.
10.Anxiety and overthinking do not change the situation.
They only turn a gentle rain shower into a hurricane.
11.We can miss someone, but we cant lose ourselves when we lose them.
We can miss them, but we cant let our lives be over when they are gone.
Because we still have our lives to live.
We dont even need to fully understand or grasp what hope is.
We just have to find it in our hearts to believe that hope exists.
And this belief this hope this is what will help us move forward.
13.Its okay to find home in another person.
Its one of the sweetest, purest parts of life.
But somewhere along the way, we must also find home within ourselves.
Perhaps their inability to love us does not mean that we are unloveable, or hard to love.
And maybe, even if they want to love us, they simply cannot.
And we can keep trying and trying to knock down those walls.
Because even if they were special, we each deserve someone who is ready to let us in fully.
To accept the ending and to understand that its time to let the ending stay an ending.
We must find the strength to seek peace and healing on our own.
Healing is our responsibility, not the responsibility of the person who hurt us.
17.Sometimes growth is quiet and subtle and doesnt look like growth.
Sometimes growth is simply viewing a situation from a fresh perspective.
Sometimes growth is trying something new, despite whether or not it ends up being a good experience.
Some seasons are for making leaps and bounds, while others are simply for surviving and just being.
Both seasons are important.
18.How do we know when we are healing?
19.We dont always need to find the silver lining.
Sometimes really crappy, awful things happen, and there is much more bad than good in the world.
In these really rough moments, we dont need to search for the light.
Maybe theres no shining light in our situation, but there is still goodness somewhere out there.
Perhaps when we value joy over pain, life becomes a little bit easier.
