— 14 things to remember in a relationship

1. Kiss like you mean it.
   
2. Remember their birthday, every year.
   
3. Make them feel special, even on a monday night with a forecast of rain.
   
4. Befriend their Mom, she will tell you stories that no one else can.
   
5. Order each other food at restaurants, just to try something new.
   
6. Shower together, you may learn to love your body, by seeing the desire and passion in your partners eyes.
   
7. Leave notes when you go out for the day, it will make you feel safe.
   
8. Watch the Breakfast Club, and pump up your fist in the end, even if it only happens once.
   
9. Care for each other when sick, soup is the easiest thing to make.
   
10. Make chocolate covered strawberries in summer simply because you can.
    
11. Go fishing with their Dad, and listen to what he has to say, even if he may have trouble saying it.
    
12. Give each other little presents, even if its just a rose on Friday the 13th.
    
13. Get angry, but forgive.
    
14. Love, love with all you’ve got.

— Do Not Fall in Love With People Like Me,

“Do not fall in love
With people like me.
people like me
will love you so hard
that you turn into stone
into a statue where people
come to marvel at how long
it must have taken to carve
that faraway look into your eyes
Do not fall in love with people like me
we will take you to
museums and parks
and monuments
and kiss you in every beautiful
place so that you can
never go back to them
without tasting us
like blood in your mouth

Do not come any closer.
people like me
are bombs
when our time is up
we will splatter loss
all over your walls
in angry colors
that make you wish
your doorway never
learned our name

do not fall in love
with people like me.
with the lonely ones
we will forget our own names
if it means learning yours
we will make you think
hurricanes are gentle
that pain is a gift
you will get lost
in the desperation
in the longing for something
that is always reaching
but never able to hold

do not fall in love
with people like me.
we will destroy your
apartment
we will throw apologies at you
that shatter on the floor
and cut your feet

we will never learn
how to be soft

we will leave.
we always do.”

— Denis Waitley

Don’t dwell on what went wrong. 

Instead, focus on what to do next.

Never debate or argue, but let the one goal be to keep calm, self-possessed, and cool.

Never debate or argue, but let the one goal be to keep calm, self-possessed, and cool. Do not strive to control others. You have enough to worry about controlling yourself. One of the biggest evils of this life comes from the desire to rule others. The rights you claim, grant freely to others. No one poor, weak piece of human clay has the right to dictate the road to immortality or sit in judgement on a fellow-being.

If you’re going through hell, keep going.

— Things I Wish My Mother Had Taught Me

“Do not try to be pretty. You weren’t meant to be pretty; you were meant to burn down the earth and graffiti the sky. Don’t let anyone ever simplify you to just “pretty.””

when I get comfortable

when I get comfortable with people I start using them as pillows and foot rests

when i get used as a pillow or foot rest i feel loved

― Jason Mraz

“I’ve come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power.”

Progression of Hook’s feelings for Emma (✿◠‿◠)

that would be the end of me

To get close would put her in danger

but to walk away

that would be the end of me