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People Can Heal You For A Little While But Only God Can Heal You Forever
Because the more you gamble on people, the more you lose but if you gamble on God, you’ll always be a winner.
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I’m Done Letting People Run Me Over
I don’t want to be burned anymore. I don’t want to keep hurting. I don’t want to keep allowing myself stand to the side while everyone else takes center stage.…
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You Shouldn’t Have To Tell Someone How To Love You
If someone loves you, they’ll love you. They’ll love you in all the ways you need. They’ll love you in all the ways they know how. They’ll love you, and…
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Here’s Why You’ll Never See ‘Mom’ Listed In My Bio
Don’t get me wrong: I am delighted by the prospect of bringing a new life into the world. I expect to make endless compromises as I adjust to the life-changing…
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Date Someone Who Takes You Home To Meet His Parents
Date someone who holds your hand in public, introduces you as his girlfriend, changes his relationship status, and posts silly couple pictures on his profiles.
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I Stopped Blaming Myself For Your Inability To Love Me
I’ll always be a work in progress but I’ll always be enough for the one who truly cares.
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I Refuse To Let Anxiety Ruin My Life
I might hyperventilate beforehand, I might cry myself to sleep the night before, but that doesn’t matter. All that matters is that there are going to be days when I…
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50 Men Describe Their Penis Size Using Nonstandard Units Of Measurement
“Three Tater Tots long and the circumference of one.”
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The Brutal Truth About How Your Ego Is Ruining Your Relationships
We’re all egotistic, each and every of one us, until we’re slapped repeatedly in the face by this thing called life. It happens again and again because we don’t learn.…
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I Don’t Care About Being Enough For Other People, What If I’m Never Enough For Myself?
Sometimes outside validation does nothing for you when you feel worthless on the inside.
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This Is The Dumbass Reason He Keeps Liking Your Pictures But Won’t Send An Actual Text
He keeps liking your pictures, because it’s a low-key way to bring attention to himself. Because it doesn’t take any actual effort on his part. Because he knows that it’ll…
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5 Signs You Picked The Wrong Girl’s Heart To Play Games With
You’re playing with the girl who doesn’t need you. She’s enough on her own, and she knows it. If you’re thinking she will ever shed a tear for you, you…
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Love Is Not About Forcing The Pieces To Fit, It’s About Falling Into Something That Fits Naturally
Because when someone loves you—it’s not about them trying to fix you, change you, or fall in love by a certain time. There aren’t rules, aren’t guidelines, aren’t ‘dos’ and…
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Don’t Settle For Superficial Love — Find Someone Who Loves You With Depth
In an ego-based relationship, you will never feel like you are enough, and that’s why you keep taking from each other.
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20 Little Life Lessons You Owe It To Yourself To Learn In Your 20s
Friendships end and people grow apart, forgive yourself for that.
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10 Uncomfortable Signs You’re Actually In The Best Relationship Of Your Life
You feel more vulnerable than you ever have before. But only because you’ve found someone who knows you and understands you more deeply and more profoundly than anyone else ever…
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I Feel Behind All My Co-Workers
I sit down to write an essay and I delete every word. My brain has been a trash bag lately.
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Even if You’re Kind, People Will Misunderstand You
The sad thing is, no matter how good or kind or gentle you are, there are going to be people out there who would like to do nothing more than…
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15 Things You Can Do In Your 20s To Create The Future You Want
Talk to old people. Some of the best and most inspiring conversations I have had have been with people way older than me
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I Don’t Want A Los Angeles Kind Of Love
That afternoon I was trying to press my soft body up against something hard and rough, industrial but wearing human skin.
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Here’s How You Forgive The Person Who Broke Your Heart
You forgive them by removing yourself from the situation. The longer you dwell in it, in the heartache, the more it festers.
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Read This If You’re Feeling Like You Have No Clue What You’re Doing In Life
Failure is key, because it will lead you to where you need to be.
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This Is The Shit People Say About You Behind Your Back, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Gemini: People toss the word ‘psycho’ around in group texts fairly frequently. On one hand, your friends love you. But on the other, you can act sort of psycho…
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What Does It Mean To Die Alone?
There is something that embarrasses me about the idea of someone discovering my body.
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This Is The Difference Between Your Soulmate Connections And Your Forever Love, Because They’re Not The Same Thing
You grow up hearing the term “soulmate” being used interchangeably with “life partner,” the person you marry and want to spend the rest of your life with.
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Why Underestimated Women Tend To Become The Most Successful
The people you underestimate usually end up becoming super successful in the same way that the “cool kids” end up becoming complacent.
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The ‘Good Morning’ Text She Needs From You, Based On Her Zodiac Sign
There is nothing that will get a Gemini off more than knowing that their partner is equally obsessed with them.
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This Is How The Right Guy Will Love You
The right guy will prove to you just how much you mean to him every day. He won’t make you wait around forever, he won’t give you mixed signals, he…
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All The Times I Find Myself Missing You
when i think about the past and how much happier i was back then.
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These Are The Incredibly Simple (But Effective) Secrets For Making Love Last
Despite the popular opinion that dependence in a relationship is a bad thing, there are studies that have shown the opposite.
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Chivalry Isn’t Dead: 9 Old Fashioned Habits Good Men Are Keeping Alive
Ladies, if he makes an effort to get out of his car and lead you out of the passenger side by opening the door, it tells you a lot about…
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If You’re Dating Someone Who Does These 10 Things, It’s Time To Break Up
There are takers and givers in this world. These people put themselves in a position of being able to take from you, but frequently fail to help when they are…
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This Is Why You Should Date The Girl That Texts Back Fast
She doesn’t want you to feel like you’re being ignored, like you don’t matter to her.
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Dear Best Friend, Thank You For Existing
You just fit in, like the missing jigsaw piece to my life and I knew that no matter what happens now, you’ll always be here because it wouldn’t be right…
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7 Things That Happen When You Lose A Parent When You’re Young
This loss has changed you. Losing this person will define who you are and make you someone different. It will shake you to your core and leave you empty struggling…
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This Is What It Means To Have Faith
Faith is knowing that you are a part of the universe and of a plan even bigger than the universe.
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God, I’m Surrendering To You All The Things That I Can’t Control
I’m offering You my life, my desire, my wishes, and my dreams. I’m letting You take over, day and night. Because God, You know better. You know what’s right for…
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5 Times Taking A Break In Your Relationship Is The Only Way To Make It Work
It’s easy to fall in love, but not as easy to make a relationship last and get stronger. Real love takes work
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To The Girl Who Doesn’t Know How To Fall Back In Love With Herself
You wouldn’t talk to your best friend the way you talk to yourself, if you did you wouldn’t have a friend and that’s exactly what needs to change.
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21 Fun Things You Can Do (While The Rest Of The World Is Getting Married And Making Babies)
Meet people. Go on dates. Try new places. Eat new foods. Figure out what kind of person you’re into and what you really value in a relationship. Learn what things…
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Date Someone Who Changes All The Standards You Thought You Had
So shouldn’t we apply the high standards we hold ourselves to, to the people we date as well?
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5 Key Things To Bear In Mind When Choosing A Life Partner (From Someone Who Knows)
No one is guaranteed, or entitled to, relationship success. However, we give ourselves the greatest chance of that when we know ourselves to the best degree possible. Including all the…
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This Is How You Understand Someone With Depression
It is through your love and acceptance they are reminded to love themselves.
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What Grey’s Anatomy Character Are You Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Pisces: Your emotions are all over the place.
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Wait For The Guy Who Is Worth The Wait
When it comes to you, he can never stop fighting for you. He will never stop trying. And some part of you knows that he will never stop loving you.
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Here’s What Your Summer Love Life Will Be Like, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Taurus: You are too stubborn to actually end up in a relationship this summer because you want to do everything you want to do and you don’t want anyone interfering…
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Read This When You Feel Like You’re About To Break
It’s okay if you have no one to text about what’s wrong, no one that would understand what you’re going through.
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Anxiety Makes Me Feel Like I’m Still A Little Kid
I don’t like to go anywhere on my own. If I’m invited to a party, I want to drive there with a friend, so I don’t have to walk through…
