Becky Curl

You can’t just spend your entire life waiting for the story to continue. You’ve got to keep writing it yourself.

So you say you want to take me out for coffee, and just talk.

Sometimes the best gifts come in the most unexpected of packages.

You tell me to be quiet so the new girl doesn’t hear us talking about it.

It is impossible to be in constant control of everything happening in your life, but what is possible is how you perceive the outcome.

I am not the fat on my stomach. Or the stretch marks on my thighs. I am not my crooked teeth or less than spectacular curves. I am a soul waiting to take flight, to break through the barriers of who we are told we are supposed to be.

But every day, I still get up, and I still try to keep pushing towards this elusive “dream,” even though I don’t even know what it is I am looking for. Before you spend so much time beating yourself up over everything you have not done, take the time to reflect on everything that you have done.

Sometimes situations occur in our lives that we have no control over—no amount of good deeds or small, daily successes can make you immune to life’s challenges. All we can do is face these trials and confidently move forward in the direction we feel is best-suited to our overall well-being.