You will change cities and feel lost.

You will apply for jobs that fall through.

You will find yourself in foreign places, desperate for the familiar.

girl who’s lost, girl who’s trying to understand the craziness of life, you can’t blame yourself

Yoann Boyer

You will try, so desperately to understand, and life wont always make sense.

And this is not your fault.

You cant alwaysblame yourselfwhen the person you care about doesnt feel the same way.

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You cant always carry the burden of what doesnt happen, of what didnt work out.

Failure and disappointment dont have to be your self-definition.

You are not to blame for every little thing that doesnt go your way.

girl who’s lost, girl who’s trying to understand the craziness of life, you can’t blame yourself

Yoann Boyer

Because life does not move according to you, according to any of us.

We are not in control.

We cannot make every little piece of our puzzling lives come together.

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We cannot force people to love like we love, or feel what we feel.

You must find comfort in the acceptance of whatis, rather than forever seeking what could have been.

You must look back to learn, and look forward to hope.

You must take a stab at love yourself, even when your life is messy.

You must shake the heaviness from your shoulders and be willing, and open to starting again.

You must allow yourself to heal and know that you are not always at fault for what happens.

Marisa Donnelly is a poet and author of the book,Somewhere on a Highway, availablehere.