we--are--warriors

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“You’re not my ex boyfriend. You were a passing moment, an almost. a maybe one day we’ll be something. But one day never came, you passed by, and ‘almost’ didn’t happen. And yet it feels like something did because I know your favorite songs, what you think about late at night, and how beautiful you thought I was. And I know you knew even more about me. Our story was like an acute angle, a meeting point and then off in different directions. So close and then farther and farther away. We were an almost, maybe, someday.”

— W.V.L.

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The Puppet Show.

We go through the same motions everyday. Work. shower. Go out. It's this continuous cycle. Some days we go on runs and spend time with family, but for the most part more days are more the same than not. As we put on our usual attire the fake personas, paint on our red lips with the non genuine smiles. A shirt buttoned down with the fingers of a man exhausted by the lies of his life. Others try to shower away memories of the love they’ve lost. The face of the girl that's always smiling is covered in makeup from bruises she'd never tell a soul about. Putting on one shoe at a time wondering if they'll ever live up to the person they wish themself to be. The girl squeezing into her spanx hoping to win the attention of the wrong person.

The chatter of the crowd has become white noise; occasional laughter sprinkled in. Spending each night talking about the dreams they have, but never acting on them. Some are going through struggles behind closed doors...others in public. Taking the baggage of the day to the bar because they consider that home more than home. Ending the night always the same, one girl crying outside and how many more crying on the inside...Still others getting rid of the poison they've been pouring into themselves.

I guess it all comes down to a battle of will. The battle of I don't even know if this is the life I do want...or the person I do want….let alone if I am where or who I want to be. How much more of this can we endure. Why are we even here? The night always ends the same till the morning comes and we wake to another day; where we are puppets in our own life.

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It’s okay to miss someone that meant a lot to you, but be confident with where you are and who you’ll become.

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“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”

— Rumi

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“It is not easy to let go of people, especially when they are of kindred souls to your own. You just have to trust that however short they stayed in your life, they have fulfilled a beautiful purpose - perhaps it was to touch you softly, or to wake you up from a stupor, or to teach you a lesson of some sort. Whatever it was they came into your life for, you are never emptier for their absence. Rather, you are more whole for it. Love them while letting them go. Love them even after they are gone. And love yourself all the more for your strength.”

— The Subtle Art of Letting Go // Genefe Navilon

[we--are--warriors]

“You’re not my ex boyfriend. You were a passing moment, an almost. a maybe one day we’ll be something. But one day never came, you passed by, and ‘almost’ didn’t happen. And yet it feels like something did because I know your favorite songs, what you think about late at night, and how beautiful you thought I was. And I know you knew even more about me. Our story was like an acute angle, a meeting point and then off in different directions. So close and then farther and farther away. We were an almost, maybe, someday.”

— W.V.L.

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“And as I walk away, I’ll walk with a confidence that if we are meant to be, we will be. So until then if I see you down the road, please only be there if this almost thing is something of the past. Please only stop me, if you can love me the way I deserve. I love you with all my heart. Sadly, though, loving someone with all your heart doesn’t mean the feelings will always be reciprocated. And although it wasn’t a relationship, you were almost everything I needed. Almost.”

— An open letter to my “almost relationship”

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“I don’t think you realize that you lost the person that loved you the most when you walked away from me.”

— Things I realized when I thought about what I want to tell you if I ever see you again, part VI

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”Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest”

- Buddha

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“I make no apologies for the fact that your balls aren’t big enough to handle my personality.”

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Happiness Will Come To You.

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“Sometimes you have to accept the fact that certain things will never go back to how they used to be.”

— Unknown