Marisa Donnelly

Let’s stop keeping a checklist of whether we’re ‘right’ for each other. Let’s stop listening to the cautionary voices of the world, saying that we’re young and dumb, that we’re silly and reckless. Let’s forget them and just love like crazy.

It is possible to be the girl who’s independent, and still depend on the guy she loves. It is possible to be the woman who’s strong, and even stronger with her man by her side.

A woman’s strength does not equal a man’s weakness.

Help me to see beyond face value, beyond my attraction, beyond the entanglings of my heart. Show me where you are in this relationship—whether or not you’re present, and what my next step should be.

Being a son or daughter of Christ is your identity.

This could be beautiful, or it could crash and burn. But would you rather hold back and spend the remainder of your days wondering what could have been?

Altschmerz: The strange fear of running out of things to think about. Wondering whether you’ll always ponder over the same issues, same anxieties, same problems, leaving you bored and tired.

Your Sagittarius is terrified that one day they’ll have to choose between their dreams and their relationship, and they might not choose you.

It’s not solely about finding the love that we deserve, but making sure we’re loving people how they deserve to be loved, too.

You are real and valid and matter. Don’t let the world tell you otherwise.

You desire them. You desire their mind, their heart, their soul. You want to support them at their weakest and inspire them at their strongest. You want to touch every part of them; you want them to touch and understand crave you.

There is still hope. Hope in every heartbeat. Hope in every breath. Hope in every morning you get up and put your shoes on, in every moment you choose to stand, to step, to believe.

What my mind doesn’t understand, is that there are some things you just can’t explain—a wild heartbeat, the passion of a kiss, the soft calm of simply hearing someone’s voice—love.

Sometimes I just need a reminder that you’re here, that you care, that you’ve wrestled with the same fears but have chosen to stay, too

Record a hilarious YouTube video for absolutely no reason.

Because nothing beats a good chick flick, am I right?

Revenge does nothing but break your heart even further. But choosing to forgive, to let go, to stop worrying so much about getting even and instead embracing what lies ahead of you—you are brought back into the light again.

I will be the shoulder for your weary head to rest, telling you stories until you fall asleep. I will be the body that helps to lift the weight from you to me. I will be the silence when you have no words to speak, but just to sit next to you in comfort, reminding you that I’m here.