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late summer / early fall thoughts

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I used to think communication was the key until I realized comprehension is. You can communicate all you want with someone but if they don’t understand you, its silent chaos.

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“Someone can be madly in love with you and still not be ready. They can love you in a way you have never been loved and still not join you on the bridge. And whatever their reasons you must leave. Because you never ever have to inspire anyone to meet you on the bridge. You never ever have to convince someone to do the work to be ready. There is more extraordinary love, more love that you have never seen, out here in this wide and wild universe. And there is the love that will be ready.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

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It’s wonderful how, with no warning and without even trying, we will randomly stumble across new favorite songs, new favorite artists, new favorite books, new favorite movies, new favorite games, new favorite shows, new favorite snacks, new passions, new hobbies, new interests, new favorite blogs and new favorite people. So when things are terrible, hold onto the fact that someday, possibly when you least expect it, you’ll suddenly come across something wonderful!

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love is a feeling but commitment is a choice, and I pray we all find people who continue to choose us even when love gets hard

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giving love is not a waste

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i stopped taking things so personal when i realized everyone jus projecting half the time

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Stop convincing yourself you’re wasting your life away. The time you’ve spent resting and healing was and is necessary. You’re not a waste of a person if you find yourself struggling right now. Healing, recovering, sitting with your pain is foundational. It’s not a waste. You are still whole.

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you have to let yourself be vulnerable. you have to accept the risk it comes with. it’s how you will grow.

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i like how space doesn’t care about me. it’s impossible to disappoint the sun

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Restocked SAD, a short comic about seasonal affective disorder. 

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“Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness.”

— Katherine Henson