“You are much more than your mistakes, much bigger than your failures and much more beautiful than your ugliest moment. The stumbles we experience in life may shame us or humble us with valuable tough lessons but they will never define who we truly are. No matter your mistake…it’s important to remember that You are someone’s light in the darkness; a beacon of love and hope and that should ALWAYS supersede the superficial imperfections we erroneously internalize. ~Jason Versey”
― A Walk with Prudence
― A Walk with Prudence
“Whether something is wonderful or horrible, the most harmful thought we can think is “Will this last forever?”
― The Love Mindset: An Unconventional Guide to Healing and Happiness
― The Love Mindset: An Unconventional Guide to Healing and Happiness
“Never give a person a piece of your mind when all you really wanted to do was give them a piece of your heart.”
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“Fear becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Thinking that there is something to be avoided manifests something to avoid.”
― The Love Mindset: An Unconventional Guide to Healing and Happiness
― The Love Mindset: An Unconventional Guide to Healing and Happiness
“I can’t even handle love, there’s no way I can handle it being taken away. I won’t survive it. Please. Please. Please!”
I said that I had something to say to her, which made her listen in a way that she didn’t when I simply said things without the preface. Even though the preface meant nothing, it calmed her, just as it calmed real people, for the same no-reason.
I told her what people tell people. That this was what it felt like when love was taken away—but that it wasn’t the truth, it was just a feeling. It would pass. It would take time.
She would recharge.
She didn’t believe me.
No one ever believes it, I said. That’s part of what the feeling is.”
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
I said that I had something to say to her, which made her listen in a way that she didn’t when I simply said things without the preface. Even though the preface meant nothing, it calmed her, just as it calmed real people, for the same no-reason.
I told her what people tell people. That this was what it felt like when love was taken away—but that it wasn’t the truth, it was just a feeling. It would pass. It would take time.
She would recharge.
She didn’t believe me.
No one ever believes it, I said. That’s part of what the feeling is.”
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
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