Lauren Jarvis-Gibson

 You will feel like you will be alone forever. And you will think that they were only the person in the world you could ever love you like that. But in time, will come clarity. In time, you will see someone else smile and you will feel less alone. In time, you will be laughing with your friends at all at once you won’t feel sad. In time, will come the comfort from your own heart.

Sometimes, you will have to break someone’s heart. Don’t beat yourself up over that. Don’t blame yourself. It’s not your fault for feeling a different way. 

Let 2018 be the year you stop throwing yourself a pity party and start believing in your own heart. 

Beating myself up over things I can’t control. 

29 is the year you will be at peace whether you are single or in a relationship. You have learned so much about love along the way, but at age 29 you will learn the most important lesson of all. At the end of the day, the only person who can make you feel happy and fulfilled is yourself. 

How to unapologetically love yourself. 

Failing. Get over the idea that if you make mistakes or if you fall flat on your face, then your life is over. You are meant to fall and to fail and to fail again. Just like everyone else! It’s never going to be the end of the world. 

In 2018, it’s time to let go of your past relationships and inner demons. It’s time to breathe in all of that hurt and anger, and gently let it out. Let 2018 be the year you stop being so bitter about he or she who broke your heart. Let it be the time your life where you say goodbye to the old, and let new people into your life.

No matter how much you love someone, it doesn’t make them obligated  to love you back.

I’m scared to feel things for you or for anyone. I’m scared to break open. I’m scared to give someone my heart and to have it crumpled up again. I’m scared to be broken. I’m scared to be in pain.

I’m happy we met. I’m happy you loved me. I’m happy I loved you. But make no mistake, one day I’ll be walking down the aisle on grass covered in flower petals. And I won’t be headed anywhere towards you. 

Make 2018 the year you make you your first priority. Live this year for you. Make this the year you slowly fall in love with yourself. Make this the year you fall — and catch your own damn self. 

Love isn’t perfect. So how could I expect the next man I fall for to be?

Pounds will come and go, don’t let a number define you.

You don’t have time to pity yourself. You don’t have time to hate that boy who left you a long time ago. You don’t have time to regret the past or look down at your rearview mirror. You don’t have enough room in your heart to hold onto everything that broke you. So let it all go. Let 2017 go and all the years before.

What happens when your heart isn’t broken, but it doesn’t feel full either?

Let 2018 be the year where you grow truly comfortable with yourself. Let 2018 be the year you can enter a room full of strangers and still feel whole. Let 2018 be the year where you no longer search for love, because you’ve grown to find it inside of yourself.

It isn’t weak to ask for help. It’s brave.