I'll be the brightest someday

Elise, XXII, 714.

[kushandwizdom]

[realtigerwoods-blog]

[pinkfloydd]

[motherpup-blog1]

outrageously good looking family

[thestray]

Can I date a family?

[wowmelanin]

I mean…shit good question…

[notquitethere]

There are things we think we cannot bear, and then we do.

(via avstentatiovs)

[phelisesophy]

An open discussion

I see myself in you, and that is why I understand the way you are, and why I see potential in you.  Something about your energy draws me to you and makes me feel I can help you.  I always attract the same kind of men - insecure, emotionally damaged men whom I feel I can help.  And they always end up draining me and hurting me, but I think perhaps this is the dues I pay for everything else that goes right in my life.  This is how I contribute to others.  

I know what it is like to have walls up like you do, to put up an unauthentic front, to not care or act like you do not care about others...  But I think you will find it rewarding to make meaningful connections, which involves allowing yourself to be vulnerable and honest.  And I do appreciate the smidgeon of honesty and rawness you showed me.  I know it is hard.  

Maybe I am wrong to believe in you.  Admittedly, I have proven time and time again to be a disappointing judge of character...  I simply like to see the good in people.  I think, sometimes it takes someone else believing in you for you to start believing in yourself and your capability to be a better person.  I thank the people who believed in me...

And I thank you for the reminder to reflect on myself and my own behavior as of late, for the reminder that I need to be better. 

[inahiddenplace]

me experiencing a particularly beautiful moment in life: damn… that cinematography..

[motiveweight-deactivated2017032]

[phelisesophy]

Living with the physical consequences of someone being an asshole to you

My scars make me feel so ugly, and when I think about making peace with you and burying the hatchet, I look down and have one (five) big reason(s) not to.

[phelisesophy]

Being a No (wo)Man

If I do not feel safe with you, if I do not trust you, if I do not feel respected by you, then it’s done.  No means no, and I’m finally starting to stand up for myself.  It’s not up for negotiation.  No means no.

My mentor reminds me, “Respect yourself enough to know you deserve the very best”.  

[bled]

[phelisesophy]

Always

[senseitive]

so glad i outgrew some people

[thewastedgeneration]

I have this feeling that if you liberate yourself, anything you lay your hand on can sparkle.

Leonard Cohen, Musicians in Their Own Words: Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters (via thewastedgeneration)

[thewastedgeneration]

It just takes a tiny moment to receive a scar. It can be with you for the rest of your life.

Leonard Cohen, Musicians in Their Own Words: Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters (via thewastedgeneration)

[phelisesophy]

I cried today thinking about the last time you said you care about me.

[phelisesophy]

Who you were is someone I loved. Fortunately, nothing spoils the memory because the past does not change.

Present you is someone who disappoints me, but former you I hold close to my heart. I am thankful for his small acts of kindness and for everything he has inadvertently taught me.

[song-tra-b0ng]

Me in Chemistry class:

[voaga]

[phelisesophy]

Me when anyone asks me anything ever

[phelisesophy]

It’s amazing how your life changes when you eliminate the influences that suck the soul out of you.