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Knowing that there are so many amazing people who are currently with someone who does not appreciate them for what they’re worth is heartbreaking.

E.G. Especially looking at the person with one you love, knowing you could do better.

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I sit down, mind filled with swirling thoughts, trying to regain the sense of calmness. I breathe softly as I’ve finally settled, quickly finding myself searching ways for improvement. I remind myself that no corner of me can be left ignored while doing so. Before I know it, evaluation begets validation, and I’m going off into how terrible and worthless I am. When I get to my feet again, only then do I realize how much time I’ve spent so focused on my faults, and that I’ve degraded myself down to dust without any recognition for what I had learned from them.

E.G. // Inevitable criticality

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Too often I find myself going out of my way to please those around me... many who do not and will not give a damn about me.

- E.G.

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Why is it that I write my best when I’m at my worst?

It’s unfair how these beautiful thoughts arise from the ashes of my happiness.

E.G.

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i’ve got hands

attached to strings

watch me dance

can’t make me sing

E.G. // a song I’m writing

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broken hearts

shattered glass

weigh the same

in bloodied hands.

-E.G. // a song I’m working on

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are you initials EG?

Yes, my initials are EG. :)

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Thank you for caring.

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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Leo Buscaglia

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To whoever it concerns

I’ve never been good at telling myself that enough is enough. I have pushed through when it felt like the world was going to collapse right upon my shoulders. When walls would be crumbling down into nothing, I would always make sure to pick up the pieces & build it back up again.. And the same for anyone or anything.. I never seemed to have issues with fixing others, but when it came to myself.. I can’t seem to fix a goddamn thing. And I can’t apologize because I know I will never forgive myself.. Never forgive the fact that I pushed myself so far away, I don’t even know which part of me to forgive or apologize too..

But to whoever it concerns,

I’m sorry…

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Every day I convince myself that you love me but doing that shows how little I love myself.

E.G.

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“... The human heart beats approximately 4,000 times per hour and each pulse, each throb, each palpitation is a trophy engraved with the words, ‘You are still alive.’”

Rudy Francisco, Button Poetry // I believe some of you needed this; I know I do.

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Knowing that there are so many amazing people who are currently with someone who does not appreciate them for what they're worth is heartbreaking.

E.G. Especially looking at the person with one you love, knowing you could do better.

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I can't find it... I think I've lost that special place I go to when I want to forget the rest of the world.

E.G. wandering

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Does it take time for you to think about creating a quote or does it just come to you naturally?

Hey there. Back when this blog first began its journey, a majority of my personal favorites came to me naturally.

Sometimes I feel a certain way and I jot down the elucidated version on paper or quickly type it up; there are also other times where I have to sit down and really think about the technicalities/word usage, because having an idea may come effortlessly at times, but executing it a certain way can be rather difficult.

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“I regret opening up to some people; they didn’t deserve to know me like that.”

— Unknown (via whatisthenormal)

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When I say I want you, I mean it. I. Want. You.

Only you.

E.G.