Your relationship to yourself is and always will be directly reflected in all your relationships with others.

If we learn to be responsible for our own emotions, thoughts, and needs, then we can see other people for who they are as opposed to what they can do for us.

Watch your thoughts, for they will become the words of people you draw to yourself.

To love everyone unconditionally does not mean to give everyone your unconditional time. Sometimes, to love completely, we must never see someone again. This, too, is love. This is giving someone the freedom to exist and be happy, even if it must be without you.

A soul mate is not found. A soul mate is recognized.

Sometimes, to love people, I must completely avoid them. Sometimes, to be strong, I must completely fall apart. Sometimes, to create, I must completely destroy.

Only love that continues to flow in the face of anger, blame, and indifference can be called love. All else is simply a transaction.

If you do not respect your own wishes, no one else will. You will simply attract people who disrespect you as much as you do.

When I miss the good times,I must remember thatNo matter how hard I tried,I could never wash the tasteOf doubt off my lips,That every flavor of your kissHit me with pungent loneliness(Even when the touch of yourHands felt like salvation),And that this "safe space"I worshiped through my poemsWas a product of my imaginationMore than your words or actions.