“So please, be a little bit gentler with yourself. Forgive yourself more. Practice self-compassion. And remember that you don’t have to put on a brave face all of the time. You don’t have to be any certain way for you to be loved. Just do what you can with where you are. That is enough.”— Colleen George, thoughtcatalog.com
“I hope you trust the timing of your life, and that you follow your own path without worrying so much about what everyone else is doing or how fast they are moving.”— Colleen George, thoughtcatalog.com
“Your heart is a vast and tender thing, you cannot keep trying to shrink it into what someone else needs. You cannot keep pouring your love into a vessel that cannot contain it. You cannot keep pouring your love into a heart that is closed off to it. It will only leave you empty”— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.com
“What’s meant to be doesn’t happen on its own. Sometimes you have to fight like hell for it.”— Sean Colarossi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Mixed signals mean that he cares — but not enough. Not enough to give you what you deserve.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“Even on your worst days, you are always worth love and respect. Don’t ever settle for anything less.”— Hannah Irelan, thoughtcatalog.com
“I am proud of the way my heart keeps beating, keeps believing, keeps fighting. I am proud of who I am.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“I’m slowly learning that it’s not my regrets that define me, it’s how I get over them and how I redeem myself that truly show who I really am.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“Everything you lose becomes something you are profoundly grateful for. With time, you see that it was not the path. It was what was standing in your way.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com