Can We Bring Back Love Letters?

I never lost someone worth keeping

You’re the one that got away. And I’m just the girl you chose to let go.

— r.r.

“a God touch of wind, sun-starched scent that comes to cling to the mind just before a dream, light at dusk now merely a rinse of remembrance for what had been a blue pang of wanting. all day, a perfect sky.” - greg sellers

I am not meant for casual. I was born for soul crushing devotion.

every time you assume that others are thinking negatively of you or judging you behind your back, you are bullying yourself through them. at the end of the day, you don't know what thoughts are running through their heads unless they verbally express them to you. until then, every one of 'their' opinions about you is nothing more than your fear, and whatever assumption is born from your fear is yours to let go - not theirs to disprove.

Rules for a Happy Life

1. Focus on the positive, not the negative.

2. Live your life one day at a time.

3. Don’t be afraid to say “I love you”.

4. Be someone who gives to, and who nurtures, others.

5. Look for the good in everything and everyone.

6. Prioritise your time, and do what matters first.

7. Don’t sweat the small stuff, or let stupid things upset you.

8. Set healthy boundaries in relationships.

9. Keep on dreaming, and invest in your dreams.

10. Let go of worry and anxiety.

“You can hate a place with all your heart and soul and still be homesick for it.”

— Joseph Mitchell

“I never had the opportunity to Thank you. To thank you, for teaching me the true meaning behind unconditional love. To love passionatley and whole-heartedly. For teaching me to see love in the smallest things. To see the love in soft smiles and gentle touches. In sleepy conversations, over morning coffees and laughing untill your stomach hurts, during late-night dinners. And seeing the smallest changes in yourself; like waking up and never wanting to stay in bed (unless he’s in it.) and looking at each day as an opportunity to love more. Learning to love the smallest parts of someone; like the way he says your name or how your heart dances to the rhythm of his laugh. Putting that love over anger - even when you can feel your blood boiling under your skin. Understanding that ‘love’ doesn’t mean no problems, rather problems that always come with talked-out solutions. Giving your time, to the thing that means the most and always showing that you are forever grateful; for the home you’ve found in two eyes and a soft heartbeat. Making sacrifices that that no longer feel like loses; for the one that matters most. For teaching me to love without expectations, but most importantly - without resentment. Understanding, that the one you love most….doesn’t always love you too. And how you cannot let your heart be filled with anger because of the things he can’t change. That your heartbeats in ways you cannot explain; for the people you did not choose to love. How if you truley love someone, it doesn’t always matter if they love you back. Because his happiness means the most and if happiness is her, then you were happy enough for him. And for teaching me to learn to love again, even after all your love has been drained away. To know how it’s supposed to feel, when you see everything you’ve ever wanted - become the only thing you’ll ever need.”

— Hard learned lessons - excerpt from the book I’ll never write

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Vanessa Bell written c. August 1908