Do you ever feel like love should be simple and easy and resemble something you see on TV or in the movies? Do you think maybe you are making a mistake if it doesn't take the path of least resistance? Do you wonder why your romance isn't a fairy tale or why you haven't met "The One" by the age of 22 and settled down with two kids and a dog? Well, I'm here to [...]
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. -Francis of Assisi Life is complicated. Experts tell you that you should, “just leave him, because he isn’t your husband.” Girls give these big long explanations about their emotionally unavailable, or ambivalent partners and the answer is always the same. "Leave him". Really dude? Not helpful. Do you think she hasn't thought about that? Do you think most people [...]
"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all." - Eleanor Roosevelt I know you see quotes, memes and stories all over Facebook and Instagram that tell you no one will love you unless you love yourself. In fact, the other day I saw a few quotes which said: “The best relationships are built on a foundation of two people who were already happy before they [...]
"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy." - Saadi Do you ever have those days, or weeks, or months when you don’t know what to do, or where to go or how to change? Do you feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, like your life is on repeat no matter how hard you try or what you try to change? The internet abounds with all sorts of messages about positivity. Think [...]
“If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson What do you do when your boyfriend or husband or even a guy you’re dating pulls away? Do you freak out and do everything in your power to try to get them back? Do you sulk or cry or beg and plead? Or, do you shut down, close out [...]
"Where there is no struggle, there is no strength." - Oprah Winfrey Growing up my mom used to say, “Carrie, you never do anything easy the easy way, do you?” Nope. Never have. Probably never will. I have lived overseas and married a man from another country. I had my own apartment and a full time job at seventeen while I was still in high school. I put myself through college and law school. At [...]
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Life is a precious gift - a gift we often take for granted until it is threatened. - LeCrae You don’t really know how much you love someone or how much you can’t stand them until you’re locked down with them 24/7 for weeks on end. Everything in life can be viewed as a blessing or a curse. You decide. I’m used to having a partner who has a mission. He’s always on the go. [...]
"Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration." - Wayne Dyer Are you constantly frustrated with yourself? Why don’t I know this? Why can’t I do this? Why can’t I figure this out fast enough? Why can’t I move faster, be better, do more, be more? Why don’t I get up off the couch and actually DO something? Why aren’t you at the place you think you should be? [...]
“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.” ― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet One of Shakespeare’s famous lines from Romeo and Juliet goes like this, “Did my heart ever love till now? Forswear it sight, for I ne’er saw true beauty till this night”. Let’s be honest here. Romeo was like fifteen years old and don't forget he was supposedly in love with Rosaline the day [...]
