You really do get over it on a random day Sometimes, some things don’t happen the way you think they will. There’s no grand moment, no fireworks in your chest, no sudden burst of clarity. You just wake up one day, maybe on a Tuesday morning or a Saturday afternoon, and something feels … different. Not [...]
“Look at you, comforting others with the words you wish to hear.” Sometimes, it amazes me how I can give advice to someone even without experiencing their situation. I find myself speaking words of comfort and offering solutions and support. It’s strange how easily these words come to me, as if I have rehearsed them [...]
Love — be it romantic, self, or otherwise — is rascally. A few undiligent weeks, and you can lose yourself, parts of you breaking off in pieces as the sun rises and sets. You can’t go on cruise control, ignoring the shifts, and starting and stopping that the cultivation of love requires. You must be [...]
"I don’t know if I want you, he says. But I do know I don’t want anyone else to have you.It wasn’t good enough, I knew that. Honestly I did. In my mind, it was crystal clear. My heart, however, was having a serious case of selective hearing. All it heard was I don’t want anyone else to have you. And [...]
I wanted to believe that you were more than your lies. Before falling in love with you I knew that you would be a challenge to love. I had heard all of the horror stories but I wanted to believe that you were something more than the rumors people spread about you. I believed in [...]
Whatever is going on—it's okay. It's okay if you're confused, if you're hurt, if you don't know who you are and what you're doing. It's okay to be lost and it's okay to be hurt. Because when you look back, it's not the moments that you felt lost and unsure that you'll remember. It'll be [...]
DEAR ADDICT, I know you. I know who you are. I may not know your name. But I KNOW you. I AM you. I’d like to tell you a few things. First, let me say that I know at no point in your life did you choose to be the way you are. I know you [...]
You’re sitting at your desk, and you know it’s time to go. You’ve said that to yourself over a million times, but this time you know, for sure, is real. You’re tired… you’re just so very tired. You go to get the rope, or the knife, or the gun or whatever you choose to use [...]
Perfectly Imperfect 