Shelby Sever

Somehow they got it “right,” while you got it “wrong.”

This might seem obvious, but the answer is simple: you face your shit head on and you don’t blink when you see it.

I see you at the bottom of every empty wine glass.

What will happen to you when you see the one thing you don’t want to see?

Some people are just not meant to stay, and if they decide to leave you should let them.

That’s what we should be doing anyway.

Accept the discomfort, allow yourself to grow through your own mistakes- and then shed them as you continue on.

People will pass, but the things they leave behind can stay if you foster them well enough.

Escaping is easier. It’s more gratifying in the moment, but truly facing your shit and dealing with it head on is the best choice you will ever make for yourself.

Having someone to laugh and cry and yell and grow with is amazing and confusing and wonderful.

What is the point in hating someone when it won’t change a damn thing about your current situation?

If your insides are consistently at war over the same relationship questions, what does that tell you?

I hope you treat the next person better than you treated me, for both of your sakes. I know you can, if you choose to do so.

I understand why people feel that way. That it all happens for a reason. It’s a sweet little umbrella to live under.

You can be a wildflower in a patch of weeds. You can be someone’s sun and their moon. You can be the muse for songs or you can write them yourself.

Here’s the thing- I don’t owe you anything.

It isn’t easy, it won’t be easy for you.

I need to know that I’ll be okay, and not just okay but perfectly fine, and not just perfectly fine but better than before.