Don’t Waste Time Feeling Sorry For Yourself
There is a time limit — not on your pain — but on how long you allow that pain to keep you down.
There is a time limit — not on your pain — but on how long you allow that pain to keep you down.
I am going to compliment you and double text you and make it clear how much I care. If you are not okay with that, then you are not the one for me.
He has canceled plans for me. He has made phone calls for me. He has spoken to waiters and cashiers and clerks for me.
Dating her does not mean you are in charge of her. It does not mean you are her superior. It means you are her teammate. It means you are her equal.
“Nobody smart knows what they want to do until they get into their twenties or thirties.”
Forgive yourself for failing to reach your own personal expectations. Forgive yourself for taking longer to reach certain goals than you had hoped. Forgive yourself for feeling like you could have done more.
On the evenings when you feel like you are a failure, when you feel like you are lagging behind, when you doubt whether you have what it takes to accomplish your lifelong dreams, stay hopeful.
She is going to remain guarded if you enter and leave her world without a warning, if you switch between answering her texts within minutes and within months, if you only stay for a temporary amount of time before fading away again.
If you act like she does not have the right to be upset or angry or excited, then fine is all you are ever going to get from her. She is never going to give you any details. She is going to deal with the pain on her own.
Whether you leave me or cheat on me, you are going to hurt me, so you might as well do it in the most respectful way possible. You might as well handle my heart gently by telling me it is over.