Rania Naim

Are you chasing your dreams? Are you trying to find your calling? Are you living a passionate and purposeful life? Or are you settling?

The Opportunists. The ones who will talk to you only after you got that job or that car or started dating that person because they know that you can offer them something they need.

Thank you for the hardships — indeed, every hardship was followed by ease.

When I say I like it means I want to see if I can trust you. I want to see if I can be myself around you, if I can trust you not to judge me when I tell you about my past and not to laugh at me when I tell you about my future.

I wanted to go to the beach and swim deeper into the ocean, you wanted to stay by the shore — away from all the waves. I was looking for sizzling love and you were looking for comfortable companionship.

“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” — Richard Branson

You can’t force something simply because you want it right now.

I write about conversations I wish I could have. I write about a love I haven’t found yet.

Some people will only try to win you back after they lose you. When they remember that you have options, when they remember that someone out there will treat you better, when they remember that you’re not going to accept being an option forever.

It’s important to get rid of all reminders. Getting rid of the things that you two shared may not be easy but it’s necessary. You don’t get rid of the reminders out of revenge or bitterness, you get rid of them to create space for the new, and create a space that’s free of any painful memories.

Leo: ‘Your love makes me strong, Your hate makes me unstoppable.’ — Cristiano Ronaldo

It liberates you. Dancing is a form of self-expression. When you freely move your body or dance for hours, you feel liberated. You don’t censor your body and there is no social pressure to worry about. It can also be a form of meditation – you can actually lose yourself in a dance or in a song and your focus becomes mainly on your body and your movement.