11 quotes
You're a bud covered in snow in the garden of your mind. Just wait for spring.
Note to Self (2017)
Once the innocence was wiped clean from my eyes, I saw life for what it is: complicated.
Note to Self (2017)
Politeness often blocks honesty. That seems to be the way of the world. Nobody wants to be the one who tells a person some uncomfortable, perhaps unflattering, home truths.
Note to Self (2017)
The only way to crack a real problem is to face it. Look your issues dead in the eye and sort out the beef between you.
Note to Self (2017)
And all of this is unfolding before my very eyes on an average day, begging the question: WHY. IS. EVERYONE. IN. SUCH. A. DAMN. HURRY? Why the constant rush?
Note to Self (2017)
I refuse
to let this world
abuse
my already
beaten soul
Note to Self (2017)
Everyone thinks their monsters are visible to the world, but they're not - they're figments of our overblown imaginations, warped projections of our own self-image. Once you stop seeing them, they'll fully disappear. Yes, it's that easy.
Note to Self (2017)
The more we work on a trait that we wish to develop, the stronger it gets, like a muscle. The more we believe something about ourselves, the more we reprogram our thinking. The more we dwell on the positive, the less the negative can touch us.
Note to Self (2017)
People don't realise the daily power they have to make others happy. All it takes is a few kind words, delivered without expectation. It's not much, honestly. Giving someone a compliment or slight encouragement is the one thing any of us can do, at any time. It's free, it's easy, and, boy, can it do the world wonders.
Note to Self (2017)
imbued with the power to change
you reclaim yourself
Note to Self (2017)
As I grow older, I wish for more of these snapshots of joy, to be able to string them together into a long line of happiness. To remember how life should feel. […] I left enriched with a memory.
[…] Let's never forget our good days; we should string them together like pearls on a necklace, to be treasured and remembered whenever days don't make us feel as good.
Note to Self (2017)