Helpful Words for Tough Times

[habibanasr]

When it’s over, leave. Don’t continue watering a dead flower.

stuff that took me a while to understand #3 (via missinyouiskillingme)

[theloneliestgirlonearth]

My dentist once told me that letting go is like pulling a tooth. When it was pulled out, you’re relieved, but how many times does your tongue run itself over the spot where the tooth once was? Probably a hundred times a day. Just because it wasn't hurting you doesn’t mean you didn't notice it. It leaves a gap and sometimes you see yourself missing it terribly. It’s going to take a while, but it takes time. Should you have kept the tooth? No, because it was causing you so much pain. Therefore, move on and let go.

[tldrwikipedia]

[garlicbread908]

Confidence is not ‘they will like me’ Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t’

things everyone should know (via this-is-realitea)

[purplebuddhaproject]

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

James Dean (via purplebuddhaproject)

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Anytime you’re gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something. You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with, you’re losing familiarity.

James Hillman

people*

(via awelltraveledwoman)

[heydrago]

Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as unaccomplished as you think you are. To believe that you must hide all the parts of you that are broken, out of fear that someone else is incapable of loving what is less than perfect, is to believe that sunlight is incapable of entering a broken window and illuminating a dark room.

Marc Hack (via heydrago)

[quotestohelpyou]

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Henry David Thoreau

[quotestohelpyou]

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore

Christopher Columbus

[quotestohelpyou]

Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.

Deborah Reber

[quotestohelpyou]

It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.

Nicholas Sparks

[observando]

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (via observando)

[undermyskinthemoonisalive]

If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

Paulo Coehlo (via seabelle)

[happyandperpetuallycatholic-dea]

Attract them by the way you live.

Saint Augustine (via breanna-lynn)

[psych-facts]

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness.

Kurt Vonnegut (via littlethingsaboutgod)

[quotestomorals]

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Mark Twain (via quotestomorals)

[bookgeekconfessions]

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

 Eleanor Roosevelt

Book Geek Quote #402

(via bookgeekconfessions)