happiness etc.

Stop trying to ‘get it together’. The biggest lie we’re told when we’re growing up is that soon as we’re adults, as soon as we’re in college, finish college, get that job, have that steady income, find that someone special, ‘find ourselves’, find that perfect house, get that retirement fund, have those children, everything will fall into place. Here’s a secret: it won’t. Every new development in your life, good or bad, big or small, will come with its own very special set of challenges. The sooner you accept that, the better off you’ll be.

—Unknown (via blua)

(Source: onlinecounsellingcollege, via flowers-onmypath)

Sometimes it’s very hard to move on. But once you move on, you realize it was the best decision you ever made.

—www.livelifehappy.com (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

(via believeinrecovery)

Be kind to yourself. Stop telling yourself that whatever you are struggling with “should” be easy. If something is hard for you, it is hard for you. There are probably Reasons, though those may just be how you are wired. Acknowledge these things. When you finish something hard, be proud! Celebrate a little.

And really, just stop saying “should” to yourself about your thoughts and feelings in any context. You feel how you feel. The things in your head are the things in your head. You can’t change either directly through sheer force of will. You can only change what you do. Stop beating yourself up for who and what you are right now–it isn’t productive. Focus on moving forward.

—

-How to keep moving forward, even when your brain hates you. (via socialrants)

Great quote.

(via internal-acceptance-movement)

But if a mirror ever makes
you sad

you should know
that it does
not know
you.

—Kabir  (via infinitelyperfectible)

(Source: larmoyante, via triteleia)

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

—-Ben Okri 

(Source: rabbitinthemoon, via psych-quotes)