Healing doesn’t equal fixing. Healing doesn’t equal forgetting. Healing doesn’t equal erasing. Healing doesn’t equal undoing.

What a painful gift it is, to continue having an open heart in a world that often breaks it.

I choose to no longer anticipate that things will be hard.

There is grief in change. Be careful not to mistake grief for a sign you’re doing the wrong thing.

Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you, doesn’t mean you can, should, or need to do it alone.

Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.

Stay away from whatever drains you. If there’s something that gets you down, stop complaining about it. Stop complaining, and get yourself away from it.

Remember why you started, remember where you’re headed, think of how great it will be to get there, and keep going.

If you so choose, each day can be filled with even more joy than the one before. If you so choose, even the most seemingly random events can work in your favor.

Whatever could have been or should have been, doesn’t matter. This moment is here and now for you to live.