Brianna Wiest

We don’t know how to phase people in and out of our lives without getting attached, so sometimes, circumstances will do the phasing for us.

Some smart ass comebacks.

“Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.”

Make plans with a friend or for yourself, look up a new recipe for dinner or plan to make an old favorite, or even just promise yourself a big glass of wine when you get home. It’s something to keep you moving even as your energy slows down with the day.

Don’t go to New York and eat Sbarro’s for lunch, you feel me?

One day, you’ll have your “but I love me more” moment. And then your life will unfold like the finale of Sex & the City and you’ll be walking down a city street to “You’ve Got The Love.” I’m half joking about this.

You’ll love them because you know you’re meant to, and because this knowing comes from a place so deep within you, it’s something that cannot be reckoned with. It simply is, as are you.

The major, overarching aspects of your life will always retreat to the background and become the platform for your day. They will not be the things that capture your wonder and attention, this is reserved for the little things you’ve been overlooking.

Your reason to live should be very much like your reason to listen to music. Once you learn to appreciate all the elements of music you appreciate it more than you ever thought possible. Same goes for life, when you stop overlooking the smaller elements and really tune in to what it has to offer: nature, human connections, animals, love, passion, etc. you appreciate it more than you ever thought possible.

Never assume she’s into traditional gender roles, or even worse, that she should be.

We let our minds talk us out of our own contentment with petty complaints and minor issues that we irrationally expound upon.

Maybe there are different roads we can choose to take, but the destinations will always be the same.