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“my mom told me.. “a person who values you, wouldn’t ever put themselves in a position to lose you.” and that really hit deep.”

— Unknown

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Tainted love ♥️

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Ouch

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Truth is that the heart needs more forms of love from your partner than just romantic love. It needs the nurturing and unconditional love like the one that comes from a parent. It needs the love that helps you achieve your maximum potential, that empowers your virtues and is patient with your flaws like that of a teacher. It needs the love of a friend who will listen without judgment, who will laugh with you and be your confidant and accomplice. It needs the devoted love of a healer who will tend to your wounds and hurts and never turn a blind eye to your suffering but rather help the healing process knowing all the time the healing and the timing is all yours. Love is more than just romance and passion, and sooner or later it will die out if you do not nurture all the other faces of love. For if love has a thousand faces, how bland would it be if my love for you were the same one all the time. 

e.v.e.

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♥️

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#Tripped

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empathy as a gift empathy as a curse empathy as the obligation towards society despite never completely feeling like you belonged there 

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Don’t fck up something you can’t ever find again.

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🤞🏿

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Healthy Relationships Look Like:

"I am trying to understand what you are saying to me right now but I'm having a hard time, is there a way you could phrase it differently?"

"I'm feeling really angry/upset right now and I need some space to calm down."

"I feel like you're being unfair to me and it's hurting my feelings."

"I'm sorry, I was wrong."

"I'm hearing that you are feeling very anxious today and that's making things harder."

"I want to do XYZ, what would be good for you?"

"Stay safe and have fun at XYZ, and let me know if you need anything!

"XYZ is a strong boundary that I'm not comfortable crossing, but ZYX is something I might change my mind about so let's keep talking about it."

"I don't agree with you on this but I respect that you have your own feelings and opinions."

"It's okay if you're not ready to talk about XYZ, but I'm here for you when you're want to tell me."

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aligning how you feel with the right song is magical.