Marisa Donnelly

Instead of making impromptu purchases, you will weigh the pros and cons of investing in something. You become a more purposeful spender.

Your self-worth is not defined by your relationship status.

You’re going to fail, and fail hard. But that doesn’t mean you’re any less of a person

I almost shut out the doubts. I almost say forget it to my fears. I almost grab the phone and dial your number without thinking to hear the sound of your voice, the only thing that has stayed the same, so familiar that it actually scares me.

They are selfless.

Love her without conditions.

We are capable of pushing through, of starting over, of regaining our footing, of beginning again. But only when we believe we are.

If you’re going to love me, please promise you’ll stay.

Because true love takes time. And it’s not something you can rush.

It is you who has loved me and who has reminded me, time and time again, that family is forever, but true friendship is too.

I don’t want a relationship that can’t be labeled, a connection that has no commitment nor promise of a future. I want someone whose heart I can hold.

What if every painful thing you faced was actually pushing you forward, pushing you down a different road, a better road, the road you’re meant to be on?

Pain is inevitable. But that doesn’t mean we give up hope. We just have to shift our perspective.

The beautiful thing about your lowest point, about reaching an end, about falling and crashing and hitting the ground, is that the only direction you can take from here is up.

I’ve never felt anything so real before, so raw. I’ve never met a person whose simple existence could make me feel alive.

For whatever you’re facing is tiny in comparison to His strength.

I’m only looking for the love that stays. A love that continues. A love that knows all the impermanence of this world, yet pushes back against it. A love that believes. A love that trusts. A love that moves forward, even when the pieces don’t quite fit, even when there’s more stubbornness than solution, more frustration than faith.

I don’t believe in rules or caution signs. I don’t think it makes me strong to keep my feelings at bay, to hold you at arm’s length and not let you in. I don’t want in a timid love, a half-love—with you, I’m all in