Holly Riordan

When you love someone, you might unknowingly lower your standards in order to stay with them. You might settle for the type of behavior you would warn your friends to run from if they were in a similar situation.

If you want to grow, you need to commit to change. You need to say goodbye to the life you’re currently living — which is scary. Even if you’re unhappy, you’re probably comfortable in one way or another. You know what each day will hold. You know what to expect. You know what is going to stress you out and how you’re going to respond. Even the most uncomfortable pieces of your current existence are predictable — and unpredictability is scary.

Don’t trick yourself into believing your only choices are to date them or spend the rest of your life alone.

Love isn’t supposed to be easy one-hundred percent of the time.

You’re lovable, even if you’re convinced no one would ever put up with you.

The world knows Clarice Starling as a strong, confident woman who can take care of herself. Throughout movies, books, and now television, she has undergone tough times.

You’re strong, even though you’re going through a rough time right now, even though you’re unsure how to cope with the emotions swarming through your head. You might not have the answers right now, but you’re going to figure this out. You have time. You need to breathe. You need to focus. You need to remember everything is going to be okay.

You need to make sure you’re making your decision based on what will make you happiest in the long-term, not what is easiest in the short-term. 

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Your obvious feelings probably aren’t that obvious. 

Remember, just because a relationship didn’t work out doesn’t mean it was worthless. It still has value. Your memories still mean something.

You need to stop blaming yourself for caring too much, for growing too attached, for making something out of nothing. It’s not nothing if it’s bothering you.

Walking away is hard when you have a soft heart because you don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. You don’t want to cause any drama.

VIRGO: You want to get better at recognizing signs of burnout. You want to avoid putting too much on your plate at once. You want to build a healthier work/life balance so you’re not always so exhausted. 

It’s always a shock when people comment on how little I’ve changed. It’s weird that they can spot me in a crowd, and recognize me straightaway, when the girl they’re looking at is absolutely nothing like the one they think they knew.

Don’t talk yourself out of taking risks that excite you. You don’t want to spend your whole life waiting for the perfect moment to make a move. You don’t want to be a passive player in your own life. 

Your loneliness can trick you into missing the wrong person.

TAURUS: Although you’ve suffered through some incredibly tough times, your past hasn’t hardened you.