“You deserve someone who loves you with every single beat of his heart, someone who thinks about you constantly, someone who spends every minute of every day just wondering what you’re doing, where you are, who you’re with, and if you’re OK. You need someone who can help you reach your dreams and protect you from your fears. You need someone who will treat you with respect, love every part of you, especially your flaws. You should be with someone who could make you happy, really happy, dancing on air happy.”
“Stay low key. Not everyone needs to know everything about you.”
“I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me.”
“Soon you’ll realize that many people will love the idea of you but will lack the maturity to handle the reality of you.”
“One of my main regrets in life is giving considerable thought to inconsiderate people.”
“When I was 7, I wanted to be 8. When I was 8, I wanted to be 12. When I turned 12, I just wanted to be 18. Then after that I stopped wanting to be older…I feel like I’ve spent my whole life so far wishing it all away. Always wishing I was older, wishing I was somewhere else, wishing I could remember and wishing I could forget too. Wishing I hadn’t ruined so many good things because I was scared or bored.”
“We live in an age where we feel guilt whenever we have to cut someone off but the reality is that some relationships do need to die, some people do need to be unfollowed and defriended. We aren’t meant to be this tethered to the people in our past. The Internet mandates that we don’t burn bridges and keep everyone around like relics but those expectations are unrealistic and unhealthy. Simply put, we don’t need to know what everyone else is up to. We’re allowed to be choosy about who we surround ourselves with online and in real life, even if it might hurt people’s feelings.”
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Do not allow him to consume you. If he does not call, go to sleep. If he does not message, put your phone away and have a fantastic day anyway. If he acts distant when you are with him and refuses to tell you what is wrong, don’t wait for him, go home and do something you love. If he tries to insinuate you do not need your friends now that you have him, spend more time with your friends. If he tries to teach you a lesson through the silent treatment, ignore him completely.
If he plays with your feelings constantly, walk away from him. If he acts like your body is his entitlement when you are not ready, walk away from him. If he says terrible, unforgivable things and threatens to leave you after every argument, walk away from him. If he forbids you from doing anything you love, walk away from him. If he claims ownership of your accomplishments, walk away from him. If he demeans you or disrespects your being a girl and refuses to stop when you tell him it hurts, walk away from him.
I cannot stress this enough, you live for yourself first. He is a secondary character in the story of your life. Do not allow him to turn you into a secondary character in your own book
”2016
With the loss of so many loved ones, the mental anguish was too much to bear and the drastic changes I never saw coming, 2016 was the slap to my face and has been one of the most challenging year of my life. Words fail to express that feeling, one of the most painful times I had to experience. Oh 2016, I will never regret you but I’m so glad you’re over.
-IMJC
Twenty Three
23 and all the foolish attachments
23 and I hate the sound of my voice,
But I like my laugh
23 and this is what I should be,
Or not or maybe
23 and all these big ideas,
That remain in dreams
23 and still feeling fear
23 and getting older.
23 and stuck in this body,
With all these silly versions,
Am I still a kid or not,
23 and still I’m not
23 and I’m gonna explode,
Forcing myself to wake up
23 and I still don’t know,
Even if I wanted to
23 and in a rush to mature,
How I’m doing I’m not quite sure.
23 and still singing disney,
23 and still baby talking
23 and I already feel 50,
But I still feel like a baby
I wanna grow up,
But then again I want time to stop.
23 and feel like I don’t know
Where my life is heading or
going
23 and wondering what was to come
23 and full of unanswered questions
23 and I wish I could wake up one day and see my parents be together
even for just a second.
-IMJC