“Sometimes The Hardest Things In Life Are The Things We Have To Do. And Even When We Feel It’s Right,

“it was just a summer thing but you looked at me with eyes that shined like a million fireflies in june and the sparks between us lit up the room like fireworks in july until you slipped away like the first autumn leaves in august and even though it’s only september it’s cold as december without you here”

— you were mine for the summer // m.e.k.

“Breathe. You’re going to be okay. Breathe and remember that you’ve been in this place before. You’ve been this uncomfortable and anxious and scared, and you’ve survived. Breathe and know that you can survive this too. These feelings can’t break you. They’re painful and debilitating, but you can sit with them and eventually, they will pass. Maybe not immediately, but sometime soon, they are going to fade and when they do, you’ll look back at this moment and laugh for having doubted your resilience. I know it feels unbearable right now, but keep breathing, again and again. This will pass. I promise it will pass.”

— Daniell Koepke (via surqrised)

“First impressions are always unreliable.”

— Franz Kafka

giving love to trauma survivors whose trauma made them harder, detached and insensitive.

giving love to trauma survivors whose trauma made them friendlier, more open and loud.

giving love to trauma survivors whose trauma made them paranoid and aggressive.

giving love to trauma survivors whose trauma made them kinder, softer and more sensitive.

giving love to trauma survivors whose trauma made them lose guilt, shame, or empathy.

giving love to trauma survivors whose trauma made them gain more guilt, shame, or empathy.

you are all valid.

Photography by Nona Limmen.

Don’t be confused

“Hard to sit here and be close to you, and not kiss you.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald