uplift / love / notes to self
No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown friends will come and seek you.
3 aspects of reality no one can avoid: 1. Pain 2. Uncertainty 3. Constant work
Learn to love the process of dealing with these 3 things
when you’re with someone God doesn’t intend for you, pain of some sort is usually inevitable
There are five apology languages:
Expressing regret (“I feel ashamed for how I hurt you.”)
Accepting responsibility (“I was wrong for doing that to you.”)
Genuinely repent (“I can only imagine how much pain I caused, I am so sorry. I won’t do that again. Next time, I will do _____ differently.”)
Making restitution (“This is how I will make it up to you _____.”)
Requesting forgiveness (“Will you forgive me for letting you down?”)
The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.
∆ James Baldwin, Nothing Personal
even when you think you have no control, you get to control how you react. how you react is argubly the most important part of a situation
you might lose your way, but I promise you that life always finds a way of bringing you back to the things that are meant for you. you will feel the return.
The more darts you throw, the greater the chances of hitting the bullseye ;-)
