“One day in the future there will be the privilege of more awakenings and of more happiness than you can capture in photographs; new growing pains and new first drafts. Rest assured that if you do not give up now, you’ll get to change the course of everything that’s still unwritten.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Inspirational, Motivational
“Don’t lose hope if your worst nightmares came true in the past or if someone tried to crush your dreams into a pulp in the present – because big dreams can never be destroyed by the small-minded people that were never brave enough to live out their own.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Inspirational, Motivational
“The truth is, what feels like your crucifixion doesn’t have any quick fixes, only slow movements in a never ending dance. Time or words alone can’t always soothe the wounds that can’t be put into language. Trauma can speak in a foreign tongue and weave its code into every cell – this is the type of…”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Healing has no timeline, no deadline, and no concrete measure like pills in a cup – in fact, forcing yourself to heal or comparing your healing to others is a prescription for poison rather than a cure. Sometimes healing comes in a quiet silence or a less shaky breath when you speak. Sometimes it’s…”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: empowerment, emotional trauma, healing after abuse, healing after trauma, Trauma