Dream Life

                                You have to chase the things that ignite you. You have to do the things that bring you joy. You have to surround yourself with the people who bring you back home to yourself, with the people who respect you and  embrace you in ways that make you feel like you are worthy and accepted  and loved. You have to do the work to heal yourself, even when it hurts especially when it hurts, so that you do not continue to approach your life within the boundary of what is heavy within you. You have to put  yourself out there, and you cannot worry about what other people think,  you cannot rob yourself of experience or happiness or inspiration because  you are scared of how you will be perceived. You have to unapologetic in  the way that you exist here. You have to believe that your ideas, and your  hope, and your being, deserve to take up space. You have ...

                                      At the end of the day, if someone wants to be in  your life, they will be, Truly - they are capable, they will make the effort , they will show up. If they do not - let that be your closure. However, you do not have to hate them. You do not have to remember their contribution to your life as anything but beautiful. Do not ruin them in your mind, do not grip until you feel resentment. Instead, love them without attachment. Love the lessons they taught you. Wish them well every single time you think about them. Miss them, but do not ache for them to come back. If the people in your life left because they were not ready to value you, or love you, or be there for you, do not wish for them back, do not ask for them to be more than they can be at the moment. Wish for them to figure themselves out. Wish for them grow. They are on their own journey - a journe...