It’s been eight years to the day that I endured my first hospitalization It was not for the weak A common misconception is that you can find people with weak minds in the ward I’ve concluded that some of the strongest minds you could meet have resided in those rooms …

I like to believe that I’ve become better in my consistent state of solitude I can be my own person; I’ve become accustomed to putting myself first every time, for everything That in itself is truly amazing as I’ve come out of a complete people-pleasing mindset and stepped into a…

Pain is beautiful, once you master gratitude I catch glimpses of the beauty myself, here and there I don’t wish for pain, but I’m glad I’ve felt it Otherwise I’d know nothing of thankfulness That’s so beautiful- poetic Though sometimes I wonder; why must lovely things go through so much to grow? The flower endures the rain A painting endures the stains We all endure the day-to-day Yet the lot of us are still so beautiful

I want to show more love I want to be more affectionate and open and caring I want to be able to show others how much I really do adore them Loved ones, strangers I want to be able to tell people that I love them without feeling awkward afterwards Because I really do mean it- but the actual language of love feels foreign The actual act of love feels foreign I’m not used to it, having not received the type of love I wish to project

I think that of all the roles I play in my own life… other’s… if I had to narrow it down to one conscience to live in forever, I’d be the healer. So much of healing others takes away from loving myself, and oddly enough, I think that I’m OK…

Profound thoughts are just that- profound thoughts. I’m working on profound action. Moving in a way that makes my loved ones proud to love me too. It is one thing to think in an upstanding manner, another to move in a way that honors that thought and profundity. In other…