Chosen, Not Kept
There is no timeline for becoming whole again. Give yourself the same patience you would offer someone you love. Healing is not a race, and your heart doesn't owe anyone an expiration date on its pain.
Chosen, Not Kept
Growth begins the moment you stop accepting responsibility for things that were never yours to fix. Learn from your past, but don't let guilt become the home you live in.
Chosen, Not Kept
You don't have to have your future figured out to keep moving toward it. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is trust the space between who you were and who you're becoming.
Chosen, Not Kept
Sometimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself.
Chosen, Not Kept
Healing rarely announces itself. Most of the time, it arrives so quietly you almost miss it.
Chosen, Not Kept
Betrayal doesn't just change your future. It asks you to question your past.
Chosen, Not Kept
Sometimes the hardest person to grieve is the one you thought you knew.
Chosen, Not Kept
Not every feeling needs to find its way back to the person who caused it. Some things are allowed to end with me.
Chosen, Not Kept
Maybe healing isn’t only learning how to live without someone. Maybe it’s noticing all the things you can finally breathe without.
Chosen, Not Kept
Being alone and being lonely are not the same thing. I'm still learning the difference.
The week it happens, your only job is to stay. Not stay strong. Just stay.
Loving someone who can’t choose you doesn’t mean you weren’t worth choosing.