MR: Morning Reads

The truth is, we won't always end up with those we feel something deep and meaningful with. Some chapters of our lives are full and dizzying in the best way —

with concrete endings and concrete closure.

But some chapters end quickly, sometimes in the middle of the page, sometimes before we are even ready. We cannot control what comes to fruition in our lives. We cannot control how long someone chooses to love us; we cannot control how long someone chooses to stay. At the end of the day, all we can do is learn from the endings, all we can do is embrace the fact that for a moment in time, we felt something beautiful. For a moment in time, we felt something rare

If you don't feel like yourself right now, it's probably because you are not that person anymore.

Sometimes you fall apart and when you go to put yourself back together again, you'll find that there are missing pieces. Parts of you have been lost along the way but it's important that you don't go searching for them. You don't need to backtrack in order to feel whole again. This is your opportunity to grow, your chance to bloom into the person you've always wanted to be. You might have lost parts of yourself along the way, but you will never be incomplete.

You are enough all on your own. Keep going.

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Start where you are. Use what you have.

Do what you can.

—ARTHUR ASHE

Nobody is asking you to be perfect. It's enough to just do the best you can do today with what you have inside you right now.

Oftentimes, we put too much pressure on ourselves to please other people.

Goal: Whatever you feel when you wake up is good enough; just start with that and make the most of today.

I have failed enough times to know, Setbacks only test your strength.

Failures hurt and can break you, Even fate stands smiling at length.

Stand again, push yourself I say, Start afresh to rebuild what's broken.

Failure is just a passing phase,

Courage you have to cross life ocean...

- PRIYA SHIVA. Source: https://pin.it/2ZI2cvE

The fear of failure is a hurdle we create for ourselves.

It stops us from dreaming and blocks us from achieving it.

We lose self direction

and then blame it on lack of time.

Take that step towards your dream and it's okay to fail.

You will still be happy knowing that you tried...

- PRIYA SHIVA. Source: https://pin.it/6GBy1KV

I want you to know what it feels like to be in love with the life that you are living.

I want you to know what it feels like to wake up in the morning and be grateful for another day, every day. I want you to have all of the energy you need to live the life you want to live. I don't want you to be scared of the unknown-I want you to see the unknown as a beautiful puzzle that you will be able to build on your own. You are capable of building your dream life—one that you look back on in the future and are completely in awe of. I don't want you to look back and regret not making the move you doubted you could do. You can do anything. Start by believing in what you don't believe you are capable of. Start by letting go of the strings attached to your past. Start slowly. It won't happen all at once but it will happen as it needs to. Please, don't doubt yourself and remember you don't need anyone else to believe in you for your dreams to come true. You deserve to believe in yourself and let that energy carry you through.

ALL THAT YOU DESERVE

"Please stop overthinking life like you have to have an answer to every feeling or situation. That's not how life works. We figure it all out by just living. By fucking up, by missing an opportunity, by seeking advice and not taking it. We learn what's important and what isn't. Sometimes we have no fucking idea what to do and that's okay. Always trust your gut and know that everything will work out exactly the way it's supposed to. It always does. Relax, we were never in control anyway." Source: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/c1/77/b2/c177b237845abdce05d81792875f3cc0.jpg

"People think they know you. They think they know how you're handling a situation. But the truth is no one knows. No one knows what happens after you leave them, when you're lying in bed or sitting over your breakfast alone and all you want to do is cry or scream. They don't know what's going on inside your head - the mind numbing cocktail of anger and sadness and guilt. This isn't their fault. They just don't know.

And so they pretend and they say you're doing great when you're really not. And this makes everyone feel better. Everybody but you."

• William H. Woodwell Jr.

i know it's not fucking easy, i know it hurts. you're sitting there over thinking, a million and one questions running through your head. unable to sleep, creating different scenarios in your mind, while making a mental list of regrets but you can't keep blaming yourself for someone else's inability to provide to type of love you deserve. tonight is just like any other night, difficult as hell but you'll do what you've always done. you'll get over it, you'll get through it. you'll be fine.

Build a life that makes you smile, in the simplest moments, even if that kind of life doesn't look splashy on Instagram.

Make choices that make you feel lighter, even if those choices don't reflect what society has told you that you "should" do.

Befriend people you respect, who inspire you, even if it means starting over. Interpret your life through the lens of positivity and optimism, even in a world that feels harsh. Orient yourself in the direction of joy, every single day. Focus on what's working in your life. Give more space to "it's all working out for me" to be true for you. Hope is not dangerous.

It's essential. Be your own support system. Make your mind into a beautiful garden, where you can choose the most beautiful thought at any given time. No one deserves a life they love more than you. But you do need to create it, build it, curate it. You do need to trust yourself. You do need to let go of how you think it should be, and find out who you are, what your opinion is, what matters most to you. Know yourself.

Choose yourself. Love yourself. Let your life bloom.