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Most toxic people leave behind a trail of drama because negativity fuels their identity. It’s an exhausting way to live. And if you hang around long enough, they will draw you in.

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I am here for you. Always.

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When you’ve spread yourself so thin that you can no longer even try to be everything to everyone, there will be someone else to fill in the space you leave empty.

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I feel their love when the numbness takes over my entire body and getting out of bed isn’t going to happen that day.

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Depression is something to be coped with over time. So please don’t tell us “it’s not that bad” or that we should be happy because we have good lives.

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Don’t hold it in, my love.
Look into my eyes hard 
How we’ve always been too afraid to do, and know.

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We’re all a little broken in some way. If you can even let one person in to see the scary parts and to even listen to you when you don’t feel good enough then you’re already starting the healing process.

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Independence is liberating, it really is, but so is having someone there for you. Regardless of who it is, it’s about having someone by your side that you can rely on.

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Show them that you care about them in whatever way means the most to them. That can manifest itself in many different ways: some friends cherish alone time, some need to be distracted from their situation with others, or with Netflix and ice cream.

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Expecting us to adjust our perspective every time we encounter struggles so that we right away place ourselves in the shoes of someone who’s less fortunate isn’t practical. All we know is all we experience in our own lives. And yes, this may be limited but it is being human and it’s an inevitable limitation.