It’s almost 2017 and my only wish is for you to love yourself. Sounds very simple right…but what I mean is for you to really look at yourself and love who you are. I want you to love all your flaws, to love your story because that is what shaped you into the person you are today. I want you to free yourself of guilt and know that it’s okay to slip up every once in a while. I want you to know yourself and understand that you are not a superhero and that you can reach out for help, all you need to do is ask. I want you to tell yourself how amazing you are and that all the self doubting and insecurities you have inside you is wrong and completely false. It’s almost 2017 and I think now is the perfect time for you to start loving who you are because you were made to be loved and love starts with you.
Tenari Ioapo (via words-she-will-never-say)
Teenagers have more intense reading experiences because they’ve had fewer of them. It’s like the first time you fall in love. You have a connection to that first person you fell in love with because it was so intense and unprecedented.
John Green
- Suicide is final. Once you take your life, that’s it. You only have one life. End it and you’re done. You will never ever get a second chance. - That special person. The one who keeps you strong when nobody else does. The one who stands by you when everyone walks out. Imagine the pain, the sadness, the grief they would feel when you’re gone. Even if you don’t think you have a special person worth living for, you do. You just don’t know it yet. - Death wont relieve the pain. Killing yourself will not be a relief to the suffering. When you’re dead, you’re nothing. You no longer exist. If you want relief from your suffering, you have to choose to live. You have to reach out and find the courage to make tomorrow better than today. Remember, there is light at the end of the tunnel. There is hope and things will get better. You’re a strong person for living, and you give me hope. - It will get better, I promise. Remember, even your darkest days only have 24 hours. Don’t focus on the negatives, instead, look for the positive things in life. Do you have amazing friends? Are you good at an instrument? Are you a good problem solver? Remember, you’re here because a lady cared enough to bring you into this world. So embrace that, with both hands. - All the memories, the laughs, the smiles and the hugs. What if you end up being the one that finds the cure for cancer? Or the one that discovers life on Mars? Or the one that ends up with the most amazing spouse and family? How will you ever know your true potential if you’re not there to experience it? All the people you will never meet, all the lives you wont touch, all the souls you wont inspire. The future is a mystery; don’t you want to discover its secrets? - Sunrise. Imagine never seeing bright yellow rays light up the dark sky again. Never feeling the warmth of the sun. Never feeling the beauty of the way the sky illuminates as it grows brighter and brighter until the whole heavenly expanse is enlightened. - Dancing in the rain. And seeing the rainbow when it stops. - Smiles. A smiles is a curve that sets things straight. Without you, the world will have one less smile. - Music is a beautiful creation. - Hearing children laugh. - You are beautiful. - Your courage to live inspires me. - Look at children in Africa who are starving. Look at natural disaster victims who have lost everything. Look at the person next to you. Doesn’t their courage to live inspire you to do the same? - Lying beneath the stars at night and hearing the crickets sing. - Waking up every morning and realizing that it’s a new day. - Bubble baths. - Giving and receiving random compliments from strangers. - You are not alone in life. Even if you feel you are, there is always someone who would do anything to help you. - Nature is a beautiful thing. - Singing in the shower. - Feeling cold air on your face after you get out of the shower. - Laying in the grass on a beautiful day and hearing the birds sing. - Looking out of the window and seeing the gentle breeze sway the trees. - Friends. - You are special, you are strong, you are precious. You still have so much to give. - This is your story. Don’t end it too soon. Live it to the max, be a fighter. - The taste of chocolate melting in your mouth. - Make a difference in the world. - All those words you still haven’t said yet. - Feeling the rain on your skin.
- Fresh baked cookies.
- The smell of freshly mowed grass.
- All the books that are waiting for you to read them.
- Hearing the beat of your heart.
- Warm summer air.
- Walking your dog in the crisp evening breeze.
- Sipping coffee and reading the morning newspaper.
- You’ve lived this long. That gives me hope.
- Concerts.
- Stick around, and help someone in the future that struggles to keep living. Save someone else by saving yourself.
gen z culture is going to classes and not thinking about what you’ll do when you graduate because if we haven’t gone into nuclear war by then climate change will take us
i talk to the moon about you every night. the stars surrounding her are getting tired of me uttering your name as if that’s the only word in the dictionary.
an excerpt from a book i’ll never write #2 (via heavyemptyheart)
PSA for everyone Pokemon Go! Spread the word. Help homeless dogs!
Rest In Peace, Alan Rickman.
Will we miss you? Always.