scribbled diary

i've always adored quiet people. you never know if they're dancing in a daydream or if they're carrying the weight of the world. @thelostdiary ━━━━━━━━━

• Stop being sad about your past, • Stop reading old text messages, • Stop trying to be someone you're not, • Stop trying to impress others • Stop believing that social media acceptance determines your self worth, • Stop hating your skin @thelostdiary ━━━━━━━━━━

as I grew older, I learned that the key to surviving the day isn't positivity, it's acceptance. accepting that not all days are good and happy, you will have bad days, you make mistakes, you fail, you mess up, everything's not going to fall into place and that's okay. @thelostdiary ━━━━━━━━━

just because you always heal on your own doesn't mean you deserve pain. @thelostdiary ━━━━━━━━━

it's ok to choose quietness over disturbing your own peace by arguing. it's ok to say no without explaining. it's ok to distance yourself from people who feed on your energy. it's ok to not give everyone access to your heart. it's ok to lose people over tolerating disrespect. @thelostdiary ━━━━━━━━━

@CanvasThoughts

There’s no such thing as giving someone a ‘second chance’ when they come back. They must earn a second chance. They need to show you that they won’t repeat the same mistakes, they should gain your trust again, and if they hurt you one more time — then you must let them go. Do not give someone a second chance as though your heart is something that you carry on your sleeve, valuable enough only to hand out for free to anyone who asks for it, let them earn a second chance, only then will they be able to see just what your heart is worth. Only then will they be able to see just what your love is worth. @thelostdiary ━━━━━━━━━

Never ask yourself why they left. Or why it didn't work out. Ask yourself why did you stay. And why did you put so much effort into someone who probably never cared. @thelostdiary ━━━━━━━━━

my life is nowhere near where i want it to be but i still just feel so grateful to be here right now. to show up most days trying my best to just make it happen for myself. the rough days make me appreciate the radiant ones. i pray i can give myself the life i feel i deserve. @thelostdiary ━━━━━━━━━

After all these years, one thing I've learnt about the universe that it will always hold my hand. @thelostdiary ━━━━━━━━━

your best version was used, mistreated, taken for granted but still you didn't let your authentic self die and that is what matters most. u didn't lose your kindness and your pure intentions. once nothing was making sense but u were still u. that is something u should be proud of @thelostdiary ━━━━━━━━━

The journey back to yourself is not easy. If you’ve never seen yourself as “home”, you’ll be paving a road you’ve never taken before. It’s scary, unfamiliar and lonely. Stop taking the same roads to homes that don’t welcome you. Build your own home. And be home for yourself. @thelostdiary ━━━━━━━━━