Living Feels Twisted, Gnarled Like The Roots Of A Tree That Grew Somewhere It Was Never Meant To

Fariha Róisín, from Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind

[Text ID: “I never fought back, I learned how to cry silently, I bore my sins.”]

“The things I find most beautiful about a person are almost never physical.”

— Mark Patterson

“When a toxic person can no longer control you, they will try to control how others see you. This misinformation will feel unfair, but stay above it, trusting that other people will eventually see the truth - just like you did.”

— Unknown

“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.”

— Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.

Howard Thurman

When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

“When all the wild summer was in her gaze”

—

William Butler Yeats 

Leo Quotes

Would you destroy something perfect in order to make it beautiful?

Gerard Way

“Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”

— I’ll Give You The Sun (Jandy Nelson)

Mary Oliver, "October." Devotions