The person who hurt you–who raped you or killed your family–is also here. If you are still angry at that person, if you haven’t been able to forgive, you are chained to him. Everyone could...

She has no regrets; she knows now he could never have made her happy, even though he has, apparently, joined AA, is doing better. But sobriety is his journey, not hers; he needs to do...

Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

Withdraw from talking about leaving someone behind. Just rekindle the friendship and love while you still have that moment together.

I had to cease to mourn what could never be and make the most of what was possible. And I would begin doing that by trying to mend the hurts of the past.

everything but.” But now that I have done it, it doesn’t seem nearly as big a deal to do it again.

Maybe I hold on for too long, but maybe you don’t hold on for long enough?

Fear is just like mist. Don’t let it disorient you from living outside God’s palm. Acknowledge it, then take any one step in any one direction… and repeat.

Because you simply cannot draw these things out forever. At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid and it hurts, but then it’s over and you’re relieved.

…and I laugh and I spin and dance and frolic in ecstasy and I… I hurt no more, while you…you petrified little man, are left to wonder if it’s you I speak of.

How do you do it?””Do what?””All of it. You know. Go to class and practice. Make it through the day. Act like … like none if it mattered.”Jason swore beneath his breath and pulled the...

You know you’re in a good place when you no longer are interested in looking back. You prefer to enjoy the journey.

Never look back; you may only find what you left or let you go.

I’ll care for you, love you, support you and so much more.But do not beg for it when you’ve abused it.I can not love you. When your heart doesn’t speak the same music.

What is it that you want from me?

What happened to Violet was terrible, and I’m not saying fate happens without blame. But when fate turns out well, everyone should forget the bad road that got us here.

To be bitter is to attribute intent and personality to the formless, infinite, unchanging and unchangeable void. We drift on a chartless, resistless sea. Let us sing when we can, and forget the rest..

The world isn’t perfect, and some days it wears you down. You can either accept that, and face it, and be a help to others instead of a hindrance. Or you can decide the rules...

you live each day one at a timeyou live every day all at onceyou live with the possibility of good-byeyou move on.

It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.

For the first time in so long I kept my silence and decided to conceal the words in the aching crevices of my heart.

She knew that this day, this feeling, couldn’t last forever. Everything passed; that was partly why it was so beautiful. Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too.The bravery was in moving forward,...

When your bright future, becomes a dull regret of the past, take a deep breath and move on.

One day they’ll realize they lost a diamond while playing with worthless stones.

Simply put, the best revenge is to live an awesome life.

The clock ticks; the taunting rhythm serving as a reminder that forward is the only way we can go. The mechanical heartbeat of the darkness, a cold ellipsis, punctuating years gone by. Arising unchained.No glorious...

Maxwell Arbus was the reason Saul lost an eye?” “Yes,” Millie answers stiffly. “But that was a long time ago. Saul has moved on. So have I.” Whatever checks I’d held on my emotions shatter....

Rejection is one of the worse forms of pain. Loss is the worst. Grief haunts until you allow yourself to move on.

It’s just as hard to go back to a place you once left, as it is to leave it again.

Some people are going to leave, but that’s not the end of your story. That’s the end of their part in your story.

The time when you wish if death was possible from a heartbreak

could have’s” – because if it should have, it would have!

There isn’t much difference between “giving” and “leaving”. While the former will ALWAYS come back to you, the latter will only do if it was meant to be yours in the first place.

It was over, and I knew that. But you don’t love someone for almost two years and then turn it off overnight…

And it was suddenly very simple: There was no choice.

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.

I know it’s painful growing,I bet the changes was painful too.But nothing is as painful as being somewhere you don’t belong. Obviously.

You don’t need to hold them, Just let them choose if they want to stay or be free.You’re not a rope,You’re a magnet.

forever” that I’m completely neglecting my present, which I have far more control over anyway.

Naive people always trying to blame others for their constant heartbreak & failed relationships instead of looking in the mirror & re-evaluating themselves. It’s YOU that needs to change.

My acupuncturist once told me that it doesn’t have to hurt to work. She might have meant the needles, but I think she really meant love.

I will look at the past, but I will not stare at it.

Watch me go. Watch me. Because you said i couldn’t. Because you thought I wouldn’t. Go on, cry now. Cry.

I loved him in that moment, loved him more than I’d ever loved anyone, and I wanted to to tell them all that I was the snake in the grass, the monster in the lake....

Your mission: May you continue to shine no matter the storms you have been through.

Yes. No. It’s hard to get over someone like that. She had a huge effect on me, both good and bad. That’s hard to move past. I try not to think about her much in...

things change and they are never the same again. This looks like one, of those times, Hem. That’s life! Life moves on. And so should we.

Christ’s version of kindness: I know you are hurt. I contributed to that. Maybe, I should have said more. Done more. Listened. I am sorry for my part in the situation. I am sorry if...