Lara Murallos

You deserve so much more than a day, you deserve more than just a cake, more than just a greeting—you deserve the world.

Allow yourself to breathe, to recuperate, to believe that you can do it no matter how hard it is.

We are still learning and we have to admit to ourselves that we don’t have all the answers yet.

There are moments where you question yourself, ask why you didn’t just go the easier path.

Continue to smile despite bad days. Continue to love and appreciate despite misunderstandings. Continue to fight for our dream, especially when it gets hard.

Unclear by Kodaline. They’ll chew you up and they’ll eat you alive. You shouldn’t give up on the dreams in your mind.

Being a 20-something doesn’t require you to know everything about life. You need to accept that your shortcomings do not, and will never define who you are.

Crumple the last draft and make a new one.

“You have to stop worrying. You have to take life one step at a time. No one is rushing you.”

Allow yourself to be criticized by people who have been practicing since before you were born. You never know — their crazy ideas or seemingly misplaced idealism might take your passion for the craft into greater heights.

We should stop thinking that we aren’t good enough — because all of us are. So, rather than always trying to please everyone else, please yourself, and don’t give a damn about whatever they say.

There is no absolute truth as to what writing really is, and what it is all about. No general idea was given beforehand. But as time passes by, we are boxed into stylebooks and time. Deadlines. And maybe soon enough, dead lines.