thought provoking

i think so many of us only know how to exist when we are wanted. it is a quiet inheritance, passed down not in words but in gestures and silences, in the way families measure worth by usefulness, in the way love is rationed out like it must be earned. a child learns quickly where approval germinates: the extra scoop of attention after a good grade,... See more

sometimes starting over is less about escape and more about return, return to your own rhythms, your own breath, your own unhurried rituals.

before we look outward at what everyone else is doing, we need to look inward and ask, do we really care? are we even living for ourselves, or just keeping pace with a rhythm that was never ours to begin with? everyone you see is living a completely different life, carrying struggles and dreams that you will never know. so why measure your worth... See more