Grow Anyway.
It is not your job to make other people comfortable with who you are. Be wary of those who don’t want you to change or grow. Grow anyway — there…
It is not your job to make other people comfortable with who you are. Be wary of those who don’t want you to change or grow. Grow anyway — there…
Do not let loss drain the color from everything. Open your eyes to the brilliance around you: it’s still here. KEEP MOVING. — Maggie Smith, Keep Moving, p. 56 Photo:…
Each season has its gifts. What did my life’s hardest season give to me? Most of all, belief in my own ability not only to come back after a long…
Get back up. Dust yourself off. Remember that you’re playing the long game, and trust that over time, the good days will outnumber the bad. Do what you can to…
Be sure of at least one thing in this moment — that you are loved and worthy of love. Hold tightly to what you know to be real and true…
Trust that everything will be okay, but that doesn’t mean that everything will be restored. Start making yourself at home in your life as it is. Look around and look…
You are not betraying your grief by feeling joy. You are not being graded, and you do not receive extra credit for being miserable 100% of the time. Find pockets…
I wish I could go back and tell the fearful young person I was what I know now about fire and growth. What would I say to her? Even if…
Maybe you have a little voice inside that says you aren’t strong enough to handle what life’s left at your feet. That voice lies. Prove it wrong today — then…
Stop expecting the worst: at least as many things could go right as could go wrong. Think of optimism as a way of sitting in the sun now, regardless of…