Lauren Jarvis-Gibson

We are our own worst enemies. And when we fail or get broken hearted, we blame it on ourselves and put ourselves down to the extreme. We are our own worst critiques and tell ourselves truly terrible things. To say we have low self-esteem would be an understatement. 

It’s too late to do that or to date him or to change careers. It’s too late for me. 

Old souls are not to be played with. They aren’t naive. They aren’t stupid. They just know what they deserve and who they deserve.

You absolutely hate the thought that you could give a wrong answer or say the wrong thing. So, you keep quiet when you’re around your friends and family. You nod your head, and agree with their ideas and opinions because you don’t want to be liked less. 

There IS such a thing as using too much makeup. You don’t have to use all that foundation when you’re going on one errand during the day. 

You were gone. But I wasn’t going to let you kill me. Your leaving taught me that I was stronger than I could have ever anticipated. Your leaving taught me that I could be an independent woman, without needing anybody else. Your leaving taught me that love isn’t everything. Your leaving taught me that self love is the most important kind of love I could ever have.

I want to ask you everything. I want to ask how your love life is. I want to ask about who you are now. Because I don’t know you anymore. And maybe you want it to be like that. But it’s okay. Because I understand. I understand why we can’t say something as simple as a ‘hello’. 

Always remember, you were something before you were his nothing.