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Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

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A lot of feelings..

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“It’s not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and to make your happiness a priority. It’s necessary.”

— Mandy Hale

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Dear universe I trust u. It’s coming.

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#34

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reminders — beautiful sunsets, laughing till your stomach hurts, home cooked meals, loved ones who adore you, clean bedsheets, moments by the sea, the long way home, good music, a coffee table stacked with books, windows wide open, compliments from strangers, feelings of peace and quiet

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gentle reminder you can rise up from everything. you can recreate yourself. nothing is permanent. you are not stuck. you have choices. you can think new thoughts. you can learn something new. you can create new habits. all that matters is that you decide today and never look back.

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“I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.”

— Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

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I found peace when:

I began to trust myself

I accepted the things that I can't change

I realized that not every relationship had to last

I no longer let people dictate how I felt about myself

I started to appreciate the things I had

I accepted my own imperfections

I began to be honest about how I felt

I learned to set boundaries

I started to show up authenticity

I stopped committing to more than I had time for

I stopped trying to "save" or "fix" people

I stopped trying to prove my worth

I stopped explaining myself to people who didn't want to understand me