Colleen George

Healing does not happen in the past. Healing happens in the today and the tomorrow.

I see memories, heartbreaks, and joys, all poured into my essays of size 12 font.

When you feel a familiar little spark of joy move through your body, amidst a time of sadness and grief. 

I think we “grow up” in our twenties. We work on becoming (and figuring out) who we want to be. And as we move through these years, we try to decipher what we value, and what and who we wish to hold close to our hearts.

I guess I struggle to make peace with leaving behind something golden. 

Perhaps we can’t always find light in the face of death or loss. Perhaps sometimes, death is just an ending. A fragile, heart-wrenching ending. 

Know that your actions create hope. 

I don’t think our hearts are built to let our loved ones go so easily. 

You can’t put into words how painful it will be to lose them. 

I forgive you.

We are afraid to care because caring means putting our hearts on the line. And the concept of letting others affect us deeply is terrifying.

You don’t feel one hundred percent, but little by little, you do actually start to get a little bit better.

I guess whenever love is involved, we are never really ready to say goodbye.

Sometimes you have to say goodbye to someone good and instead wait patiently for someone better.

Forgive yourself for not knowing who you were, and for giving in to social pressure so that you could feel like you fit in. 

Make sure you have days when you don’t have to be so strong.

He gave up on you.

I would like to think that those we lose never fully leave us. I would like to think that they become a part of us, that they live on within us.