yesterday I was commuting via metro and I saw an old man with his son or maybe his grandson. look at the condition of his flipflops! but he made sure that his son wears a good pair of shoes.
listen you can never repay what your parents did for you but the least you could do it to take care of them. moreover it's not a favour you'd do? it's your responsibility cause you owe them your life.

if making others happy makes you happy, you'll never be sad again. remember that :) selflessness is the key to happiness.

my mumma always tells me "take care of others, god will take care of you"

and what I really intended to say in the end
remains unsaid.
so I'm still and I'm silent, because
if i open my mouth,
I may never stop screaming

I crave for quiet places, they never judge you. you simply share your silence with them. they remind you to slow down. they remind you to close your eyes and listen to your soul. they don't force you to share everything you are feeling, they heal you in quietest way possible.

you have to appreciate those who've been with you. cause in the end, that's the only thing that matters. friendship, honesty, loyalty, morals & respect. people who keep it real with you. who give you love. and always take the time to make sure you're okay. those are the ones who should matter the most.

When i got enough confidence, the stage was gone.
When i was sure of losing, i won.
When I needed people the most, they left me.
When i learnt to dry my tears, i found a shoulder to cry on.
When i mastered the skill of hating, someone started loving me.
While waiting for the light for hours when i fell asleep, the sun came out.

Thats life! You don't know what comes to your table. You just gotta accept and move on.

you disrespect yourself when you beg someone for the bare minimum things like love, affection, attention, support, care, reciprocation---
DONT DO THAT SHIT AGAIN.

The biggest lesson you'll ever learn is to not force anything: relationships, conversations, friendships, favours, attention, love. Anything forced is not worth fighting for, whatever flows flows, what crashes crashes. It is what it is.

I want to live in a place where love isn't a metaphor for sex, and silence isn't a metaphor for fear; where if you're laughing all day, you're not considered crazy, where if you're quiet it doesn't make you boring and if you want to help someone, it's not to expect something in return; where people do not crave for attention, where small talk doesn't exist, where there are no lies and people genuinely care. A place where you and I are closer together. I want to go there, I want to grow old there, and, above all, I want to love there.

JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE KEEPS YOU AROUND DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN THAT THEY VALUE YOU. stamp that!

as I grew older, I learned that the key to surviving the day isn't positivity, it's acceptance. accepting that not all days are good and happy, you have bad days, you make mistakes, you fail, you mess up, everything's not going to fall into place and that's okay.

If you want to block someone, block their ability to trigger you.

I know you are trying your best. To move on. To grow. To be patient with yourself and with the world. And I just want to let you know that I am proud of you. That I admire the way you wake up. Everyday. And grab all the bullshit by the balls and let it know you are not done.

Promise me not to hide yourself when you're in pain. It's heartbreaking that we laughed together but you cried alone!

do you have those days too when you are doing everything but still it isn't enough, when u are moving but not reaching anywhere. when nothing is okay but in front of everyone you have to pretend it's okay because you don't want your thoughts to turn your heart into something ugly

And you will always be too much for some people. Too kind. Too sensitive. Too friendly. Too giving. Too hopeful. Too positive. Too passionate. Too insecure. Too scared. Too caring. Too scared. Too soft. Too much of this and too much of that. Too much of every single thing that makes you the person that you are. Don't change yourself because you are 'too much' for the people who are 'too little'. Just remember that your feelings will make no sense to the people who are shallow. To the people who put boundaries where there should be none.

One of the worst things is being made to feel like you're taken for granted. Where, you check up on them constantly, you're always messaging them, you're readily available to them and you change your plans to suit their needs and then they become too comfortable. They think it's okay to give you less time because you won't mind. They think it's fine if they take hours to reply because you're going to reply straightaway anyway. They think that you're always going to be available to them, so they don't need to change their plans especially for you. You're partly to blame for this because you give so much of yourself to the other person that they start to think it's okay to take more, want more and be given more from you. But you need to take this control back if you want to protect yourself. You can't keep giving and giving without complaining about not being given anything in return. Yes, love and friendship are not relationships that are based on a 'give and take system. But if you're the one who constantly put your all into this love/friendship and get nothing in return, then the other person clearly doesn't love or value you enough to invest just as much into you. One of the worst things is being made to feel like you're not going anywhere' so they can do whatever they want. Because that is wrong. Tell them when you feel like you're not being treated right. And stop putting your all into others, just remember —you don't have to fight so hard to be loved and you deserve just as much respect, love, care and time as you - give to others.

^@TheLostDiary

Nothing saddens and scares me like the thought that I can become ugly to someone who once thought all the stars were in my eyes

i remember this one time when she was laughing with her friends. from across a crowded bar, all i could see was the joy on her face and everything was quiet except for how she looked at me

though my soul may set in darkness, it will always rise in perfect light. i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the nights anymore.