May you always do what you are afraid to do

Don’t confuse your path with your destination

Don’t confuse your path with your destination.
Just because it’s stormy now doesn’t mean you aren’t headed for sunshine.

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor

Destiny

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
- de La Fontaine

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Never regret anything that made you smile

Life is short.
Break the rules.
Forgive quickly, kiss slowly,
love truly, laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile.

Creating something better

Maybe it’s not always about trying to fix something broken.
Maybe it’s about starting over and creating something better.

While I fix myself

I didn’t need you to fix me, I needed you to love me while I fix myself.

Just being there for someone

Just being there for someone can sometimes bring hope when all seems hopeless.

It hurt because it mattered

So often we try to make other people feel better by minimizing their pain, by telling them that it will get better (which it will) or that there are worse things in the world (which there are). But that’s not what I actually needed. What I actually needed was for someone to tell me that it hurt because it mattered. I have found this very useful to think about over the years, and I find that it is a lot easier and more bearable to be sad when you aren’t constantly berating yourself for being sad.
- John Green

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You and I could be best friends

I can tell by your sarcastic undertones,
rude comments and sheer lack of common decency
that you and I could be best friends.

You’re everything I ever wanted in a friend!

You drink too much.
You swear too much.
You have no morals.
You’re everything I ever wanted in a friend!

Again, don’t lose me.

It’s hard to find a friend who’s cute, loving, generous, sexy, caring, and smart.
My advice to y’all is, don’t lose me.

Don’t lose me

It’s hard to find a friend that’s 96% funny, 98% sexy and 100% sweet.
So don’t lose me!

Those who have lighted the flame within us.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Each one of us has cause to think deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

Promise you won’t face them alone

A good friend can’t fix all your problems,
but they can promise you won’t face them alone.

Sometimes we all need a little push

Someone who knows the song in your heart

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart
and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

When you forget to love yourself

Best friend is someone who loves you when you forget to love yourself.

Thank you for being there

Dear music,
Thank you for being there when nobody else was.

Never forget who was there for you when no one else was

When we stopped speaking...

I felt more emotion when I ruined my favorite sweater
than I did when we stopped speaking.

Fake friends are like shadows...

Fake friends are like shadows, always near you at your brightest moments.
But nowhere to be seen at your darkest hours.

A true friend’s silence...

A true friend’s silence hurts more than an enemy’s rough words.

A single friend, my world

A single rose can be my garden; a single friend, my world…
- Leo Buscaglia

More than friends

You and me are more than friends.
We’re like a really small gang.

I’m different too.

I don’t care if you are different. I like you

A lot of the pain that we are dealing with are really only thoughts

Here comes the sun

"Don’t worry! It’s still here! You just can’t see it right now."

You suck

Me outside vs. Me inside

"Fuck I hate me why am i here?"

I think too much and then I put myself in a bad mood

The choice is yours

Fear has two menings:
Forget Everything And Run or
Face Everyhing And Rise.
The choice is yours.

A head full of fears have no space for dreams

Fear can make you cling to the strangest things

You can learn to live with them

You can’t get rid of your fears… but you can learn to live with them.

Pick them wisely

People inspire you, or they drain you – pick them wisely.
- Hans F Hansen

The greatness that you are

Don’t you dare, for one more second,
surround yourself with people
who are not aware of the greatness that you are.

Your right to grow

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
- Alice Walker

The right people will come to you

Don’t chase people; be you, do your own thing and work hard.
The right people who belong in your life will come to you. And stay.

What is a friend?

A friend is like the plant that grows in the same place as where you planted the seed. And this plant provides all of your needs and tranquilizes your anxiety. They nullify your fears and follow you to find peace. So many people will plant seeds and nothing will grow and yet they will still be misguided in to believing this is the actions of a friend. Others will spend no time planting the seeds and expect that plant to grow. This is not the basis of a true friendship either.

When they speak their mind and you have no fears to disagree. When they’re silent and yet you know their thoughts. When they’re gone and you don’t miss them, because what you love about them becomes more clear in their absence, than when they’re standing by your side. A friend does not try to dry up the ocean of your happiness, nor put out the fire of your wrath. They don’t resent your fortune, nor smile at your grief. They accept you for either and love you for neither.

A friend is as loyal to you as you to them. They do not lie, because they know you can accept the truth. They do not steal because they know you can accept the truth. They do not steal because they know you would give it to them if they asked, and they would supply you the same. They recognize your dreams and do nothing to stand in the way of them, but rather guide you toward them.

They do all this, because they know you would to the same. A friend is a rare commodity that a person will only find a few times in the span of their life. During the hours of days spent freely, these hours should be spent with them. For hours are minimal and if they truly are a friend, these hours belong to them.

It is important when finding a friend that you keep them, by making absolutely sure you are one as well.

Someone who changes your life just by being part of it

Sometimes in life, you find a special friend; someone who changes your life just by being part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can’t stop; someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.

Imagine meeting someone who understood...

Imagine meeting someone who understood even the dustiest corners of your mixed-up soul.

...and they’ll still love me for it

That’s what I want. I want a real friendship with someone who I can trust with all my secrets, and all my weird habits, and all my nerdy little things – and they’ll still love me for it.

It’s about who came, stayed by your side

Friendship isn't about who you've known the longest, it’s about who came, stayed by your side, and never left you when you needed someone the most.

Behind all my walls I am still a person.

The walls we build around us...

The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness also keep out the joy.
- Jim Rohn

Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.

How are you?

Fine.

(Broken. Useless. Alone. Clueless. Confused. Betrayed. Fragile. On the verge of tears. Depressed. Anxious. About to break down. Ready to give up. Pathetic. Annoying. I’m just a burden. Distant. Lonely. Bitter. Heartbroken. Lonely. Rejected. Crushed. I feel like I’m going to fall apart at any moment. Empty. Defeated. Never good enough.)

Hope whispers

When the world says “give up”, hope whispers “Try it one more time”.