Lauren Jarvis-Gibson

You ruin a perfectly good relationship by not giving anything back to your partner when they desperately need your compassion. By not lending them ears when they are having a hard time. By not lending them your shoulder to cry on when they are depressed or anxious or blue. You ruin a perfectly good relationship by not caring about what they need and want.

No amount of money is worth the loss of your sanity.

What I do know for sure, is that if you find it, if you are lucky enough to find it, don’t ever let it go. Don’t ever say goodbye to that kind of love. Because love as it turns out, is rare. So don’t ever let it go if it comes your way, please don’t.

You have stopped defending yourself constantly. You have stopped making so many excuses and instead, have learned to fess up and apologize when it’s necessary to do. In your friendships, relationships and in your life in general, you have learned to be more humble and to do the right thing no matter how hard it may be.

When you’re finally with the right person, no battle will ever be too much. No fight will ever too hard. Because when you’re finally falling in love with the right person, you two will do whatever it takes to fall in love over and over again with one another.

Your overall attitude has changed. You used to trust everybody. You used to see the glass half full and to love life whole heartedly. But now, a part of you is broken.

Date the person who you would never have to beg for, because you know deep down that they would never leave you.

She’s going to stop loving you because of all the times she talked and you didn’t listen.

You’ll be stuck in a state of longing and loving and it’s going to hurt. It’s going to hurt to keep loving them long after they have left you. But one day, you’ll realize how much of a blessing this is. To have experienced big, great love.

I hope the next person who you fall for falls back too. And I hope you catch each other like we never did. I hope you look into each other’s eyes and see magic, like we never could do. And I hope you find someone who gets you, like I never could understand.

You are obsessed with being the best of the best. Whether it’s in school or work or your personal relationships, you always want to be the best student, the best employee and the best friend.

Don’t judge. Never judge. Don’t push them to talk about it. Just be a listening ear. Be a shoulder for them to rest their tired head on. Be this person’s rock.

He ghosted you because he is incapable of true love.

You deserve to be someone’s ‘always’.

WHO DO I THINK I AM? GWYNETH FREAKING PALTROW?

You’ll finally understand that everything that you went through, ultimately led you to this person. And you’ll be grateful for all of the pitfalls and losses. You’ll be grateful for all the times you felt unsure or lost. You’ll be so grateful for the times when you didn’t settle. For the times when you said no. For the times you waited.

I tried. I really did. I tried to play it cool. I didn’t double text. I told my friends I was ‘chill’ as they rolled their eyes at me. I told myself that I was totally fine with the situation, with this ‘casual’ relationship that was going on. Truth be told, I have no idea what I was thinking.

You realize that not everything you own needs to be brand new.