We can feel damaged and sad and mad and know that it doesn’t make us any less worthy than when we didn’t feel that way.

Fear makes you believe that you’re safer in the confines of your own mind instead of the comfort of another’s arms. When the truth is Your mind can be more of a battlefield than the world outside and you’re going to need to let people into survive.

She chose messy, she chose wild. She chose life on her own terms.

You have the power to overcome. You have the power to persist. You have the power to be hurting and scared and broken while still courageously pressing onward.

It’s like there’s a check-list of accomplishments that people expect from you. Like it’s the only path to happiness, this societal construct of what makes us successful and worthy. But, don’t buy it. You can be happy no matter which part of the story you’re in. You are worthy in every chapter.

Not many get to see this side of him. So, if you do, know that you’re lucky.

I know this life isn’t fair. I know that beauty will fade and hard times will grip our hearts and darkness will threaten to swallow us whole. But, I’m ready to face the night with you.

She puts her heart into everything she does, and she works hard to help other people feel comfortable enough to do the same. She strives for people to feel included by her rather than intimidated by her.

Our biggest moments have happened in silence. In glances and embraces. As though our souls had found rest within each other. As though our hearts were memorizing the feelings and inscribing them in a language no one else could understand.