How to be a Genuine and Fun-Loving Person

1. Value and respect the fact that you are a totally unique individual, with your own destiny to fulfill. Believe in who you are, what you think and believe, your gifts and talents, and what you have to offer to those around you.

2. Refuse to give into negative feelings of anxiety, self doubt or insecurity. In fact, “fake it till you make it” is often good advice … So, ignore how you feel, and act the way you want to be. Choose to switch off the old tapes that keep on playing in your head, and try to visualize your goals and then push on and seek to reach them.

3. Don’t pay any attention to what others think about you. The most important judgment should be yours, and yours alone. If you live in constant fear of what others think about you, it will only hold you back from realizing your potential. Also, you’re not a clone of others as each of us is different. Don’t be afraid to be unique or to stand out against the crowd.

4. Accept that you have good points, and areas for growth. We’re all a mix of different qualities, and flaws, and traits. We all make mistakes – it’s what you do with them matters – so embrace the fact you’re human and won’t always get it right.

5. Also, develop a tough skin and don’t take insults personally. Look back and laugh – don’t cower – or criticise yourself. It won’t help if you’re sensitive or worried all the time. It’s better to forgive yourself, and then move on again.

6. Develop your ability to think creatively. Try out those new ideas, and choose to live outside the box.

7. Seek to enjoy this moment, and to live life in the present. Be grateful for the small things, and savour all you have.

felicity smoak: a summary

i can't believe i ever loved someone who could write such awful things about his friends and family.

— Sierra Demulder, Love, Forgive Me

“My sister told me a soul mate is not the person who makes you the happiest but the one who makes you feel the most, who conducts your heart to bang the loudest, who can drag you giggling with forgiveness from the cellar they locked you in. It has always been you.”

and then you meet one person and your life is changed forever

Love and Other Drugs

SPOILERS!! ARROW.

― Stephen King

“A person can’t change all at once.”

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How to be Your own Person

1. Be unique. Don’t alter your style for the latest fashion. Dress in a way that reflects your personality, your personal taste, and how you are feeling at the time. It doesn’t matter whether people like it or not. True friends will like you for who you are, not for how you look.

2. Be open-minded. Don’t write people off before you get to know them. Make the effort to find out who they really are. Often we’re surprised  to discover how much we have in common with people who look, and seem, very different to us … And being friends with them adds variety to life. It can bring out other aspects of our personality.

3. Find out what your interests and hobbies are. Spend time doing what you enjoy. You don’t have to pretend to like what others like, just to “fit in” or to feel like you belong.

4. Love and accept who you are. Be proud of the fact that you’re not just a clone. Enjoy being you – and appreciate yourself.

5. Understand that others will sometimes push you to please them, instead of being yourself. Often friends and family will want to define the type of person they think we should become. Don’t allow them to do that. You need to be yourself. You won’t be happy being somebody else.

— Mandy Hale

“No matter how attractive a person’s potential may be, 

you have to date their reality.”

the person who makes your

“Look for the person who makes your heart smile…”

maybe this is what is happening ---

"And once you lose yourself you have to find the person you used to be or lose that person completely"

“Nothing in the world smells as good as the person you love.”

— Sharon Olds, Satan Says

“Once you lose someone it is never exactly the same person who comes back.”

— Fred Rogers

“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”

— Unknown

“Never push a loyal person to the 

point where they no longer care.”

dear miss america you’re my favorite person in the world right now

— Jeanette Winterson

“I am the kind of person who would miss a train or a plane to meet you for coffee. I’d take a taxi across town to see you for ten minutes. I’d wait outside all night if I thought you would open the door in the morning. If you call me and say ‘Will you…’ my answer is ‘Yes’, before your sentence is out. I spin worlds where we could be together. I dream you.”

— Amy Poehler

“Opening your heart and being courageous and telling people that you care about them or like them or that you think they’re special only makes you a better, bigger, kinder, softer, more loving person and only attracts more love in your life.”

— Nina Ardianti, Restart

“If it’s the right person, it’s easy.”