Marisa Donnelly

I have learned that loving you means letting you leave.

Love is closing your eyes and pulling another body close. Replacing fear with faith.

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.” — 1 John 4:7

Today, I will remember to be still. To take in the beauty around me and release what is not mine to fix, or heal, or change.

I am no longer afraid to let go of what will never be, and accept that I am stronger because of what happened, and deserving of far more than you could ever give.

You have to give yourself permission sometimes—permission to fail, permission to fall for the wrong person, permission to be fearless and maybe not have it all figured out

Let the past be the past, and watch ‘what could have been’ simply float away. Give life the chance to surprise you, teach you, heal you, as you willingly shed the heaviness that’s been holding you back for so long.

It’s time to see yourself as the wonderfully complex being you are—flawed but original, imperfect but beautiful.

You were one of the brave ones, fighting for love in a world that’s searching so desperately for it, but hides nonetheless.

Pisces: Day-dreamer. Hopeless romantic. Empathetic. Worries about what everyone’s thinking literally all the time. Will probably love you harder than anyone, but will definitely dive in too soon and too fast.

You forgive yourself for the ways you’ve fallen short and learn to show grace to yourself, even when you feel unlovable.

I feel sorry for you. For her. For what the both of you had the potential to be, but never became. A close-but-not-close-enough, a halfway connection, an almost-love.

Pisces:
“we
return to each other in waves.
this is how water
loves.”
— Nayyirah Waheed

“Though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.” — Psalm 37:24

Love is devotion, putting aside every other whim and desire of the world to say to the person you wish to spend forever with that you will, no matter the obstacle.

Who you are is valid.
The way you love is pure.

You show them that to love you means to accept all of your parts—not thinking that you are perfect, but that you are worthy. Because you believe yourself to be

Go to the local zoo in silly Halloween sweaters.