Strength Doesn’t Come From What You Can Do. It Comes From Overcoming The Things You Once Thought You

Lee Krasner // Franz Kafka

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐓𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮

Because no one understands you

“If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible.”

— Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“biggest lesson: if you feel drained around them they’re not for you”

— Andrew Zaffina

“I don’t feel particularly proud of myself. But when I walk alone in the woods or lie in the meadows, all is well.”

— Franz Kafka, Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors