“Sometimes I have to remind myself that I don’t have to do what everyone else is doing.”— Unknown
“Pay attention when people react with anger of hostility to your boundaries. You have found the edge where their respect for you ends.”— Unknown
sometimes you just gotta give yourself permission to accept that you deserve good things in life. you deserve to feel good about how you look. you deserve the attention your partner gives you. you deserve the praise for that thing you’ve worked really hard on. you deserve the people checking in on you and caring for you. you deserve all of it.
“Instead of saying ‘I’m damaged, I’m broken, I have trust issues’ say ‘I’m healing, I’m rediscovering myself, I’m starting over.’”— Horatio Jones
“I withdraw from people and places from time to time. I need space from a world that is filled with millions of mouths that talk too much, and never have anything to say.”— Kaitlin Foster