Marisa Donnelly

No matter the distance between us, you are not out of my mind—you are on it. Always.

“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” — Psalm 34:18

They don’t allow their feelings to be masked or ignored.

There is a difference between someone who values you and someone who simply enjoys benefits of your connection. There is a difference between someone whose heart is in the relationship, and someone who does not care enough to respect you and the bond you’ve made.

If you really love someone, if your heart is caught up and wrapped around a person, why on earth would you let them go? Why on earth would you say goodbye and watch, from a distance, as they fall into the arms of someone else?

Mamihlapinatapei: When two individuals wordlessly share a look that indicates interest, but both are hesitant to make a move.

Verbal abuse is scars that you cannot see, but are just as hard, if not harder, to heal.

It’s obvious that they care, but there’s just a little something holding them back from truly letting you in.

What kind of music do you listen to when you’re sad?

Anchorage: The longing to grasp a moment between your fingertips, to hold onto the sentences, the words, the memories and keep them with you.

Love is not a power play, not roles and dynamics and shoes you must fill. You don’t need to become something better just to have someone’s affection, even if the other person’s intentions are pure. And you can’t make someone change for your reasons, or even the right reasons.

You serve an Almighty God.

So much of ourselves is measured, calculated, and compared to the worldly standards we should uphold. Love was never meant to be one of those things.

When you start to doubt, ask yourself this: Why are you so worried, do you not serve an incredible, all-powerful God?

You suck because you’re letting a few terrible times alter your perception of the way the world dates. You suck because you’re choosing to only see the crap, rather than the possibility, the ‘maybes,’ the ‘could bes’ surrounding letting another person in.

You appreciate yourself for the imperfect, complex, and astounding being you are.

I want sweaty palms and timid fingers reaching out to hold one another’s hands. I want flushed cheeks and hesitant steps. I want laugh lines and nervous giggles.

Virgo: You are a great listener, trustworthy, calm and collected, no matter the drama you face. Because of your patient nature and your ability to often take on more than you should, you find yourself attracting the guy with baggage.