I hope this reaches her in time
Holding on to old resentments, habits and situations is just like being dragged along by a powerboat. You might think it’s your boyfriend, your mother, your company, your childhood, your friends or your circumstances that are creating whatever state you’re stuck in. But you have more power than you realize, or maybe than you’re willing to admit.
Gabrielle Bernstein • Add More Ing to Your Life: A Hip Guide to Happiness
they will never be mine, because people are not property.
Catherine Gray • The Unexpected Joy of Being Single
It doesn’t matter if we don’t mean to do the things we do. It doesn’t matter if it was an accident or a mistake. It doesn’t even matter if we think this is all up to fate. Because regardless of our destiny, we still have to answer for our actions. We make choices, big and small, every day of our lives, and those choices have consequences. We have t
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LOVE AFTER LOVE
by Derek Walcott
The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your ... See more
by Derek Walcott
The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your ... See more