Marisa Donnelly

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.

I will choose you, even in the doubt. Even in the moments we both hesitate, wondering whether this is love. I will accept that we are flawed and imperfect, and still I will love you anyway.

You are not lost, you are simply in transition.

Love is not searching for a flawless person, but embracing your mess, another’s mess, and the beautiful mess you can make together.

You are not empty without love.

In the way you care for yourself, appreciate your imperfect, beautiful being—that is how you teach people how to treat you

You were meant for more.