(Source: inspirationsforlife, via justforsmiles)
(Source: couragehopestrength, via internal-acceptance-movement)
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This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can see very clearly two kinds of people. On one side, people who have used their 20s to learn and grow, to find … themselves and their dreams, people who know what works and what doesn’t, who have pushed through to become real live adults. Then there’s the other kind, who are hanging onto college, or high school even, with all their might. They’ve stayed in jobs they hate, because they’re too scared to get another one. They’ve stayed with men or women who are good but not great, because they don’t want to be lonely. … they mean to develop intimate friendships, they mean to stop drinking like life is one big frat party. But they don’t do those things, so they live in an extended adolescence, no closer to adulthood than when they graduated.
Don’t be like that. Don’t get stuck. Move, travel, take a class, take a risk. There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming. Don’t lose yourself at happy hour, but don’t lose yourself on the corporate ladder either. Stop every once in a while and go out to coffee or climb in bed with your journal.
Ask yourself some good questions like: “Am I proud of the life I’m living? What have I tried this month? … Do the people I’m spending time with give me life, or make me feel small? Is there any brokenness in my life that’s keeping me from moving forward?”
Now is your time. Walk closely with people you love, and with people who believe … life is a grand adventure. Don’t get stuck in the past, and don’t try to fast-forward yourself into a future you haven’t yet earned. Give today all the love and intensity and courage you can, and keep traveling honestly along life’s path.
Relevant magazine (via internal-acceptance-movement)
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amen.
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I’m afraid of time… I mean, I’m afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself. I’m afraid of the quick judgements or mistakes everybody makes. You can’t fix them without time. I’m afraid of seeing snapshots, not movies.
Ann Brashares (via katyjean)
Never let fear hold you back. Just live.
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The most unhappy people I know in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.
When we spend our time trying to please others, we lose time that could be spent living.
Time being present in the moment.
Time creating memories.
Time laughing.
Time loving.
When we fixate on other people’s opinions of us, we become their prisoners.
Don’t give people more power than they deserve.
And don’t forget your own power.
The power to find love and acceptance from within.
The power of internal validation.
It’s always available to you.
And it’s a strength that can never be taken away.
Hold onto it.
Cultivate it.
Take back your power.
Break free from the chains of outside opinions.
Live your life according to your standards.
Find what makes you happy, and do it.
No matter what anyone says.
(via thesarahnapier)
(Source: imperfectionasbeauty)
(Source: yourlifeisyourmessage, via justforsmiles)
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Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.
Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
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