@Aalia
🧡 🍂Morning Motivation 🧡🍁 There may be times you are low; go through that season, you will surely pick yourself up and rise again 🧡🍁🍂
@Aalia
@Aalia in October 2022
@Aalia
@Aalia
2. I learned to keep looking for a way out. I left dead ends as soon as I found them. If I didn't know where to redirect my energy, I rested and waited for an opportunity to present itself and trust me, it did. Things will happen when they're supposed to happen, just do your part, keep trying.
@Aalia
“Your new life is going to cost you your old one. It’s going to cost you your comfort zone and your sense of direction. It’s going to cost you relationships and friends. It’s going to cost you being liked and understood. It doesn’t matter. The people who are meant for you are going to meet you on the other side. You’re going to build a new comfort zone around the things that actually move you forward. Instead of being liked, you’re going to be loved. Instead of being…
@Aalia
Sad afternoon dear noisers Home never felt like home again. They keep fighting, they curse each other and i dont know how to stop them, so thats why i choose to go in the darkest place and cry, asking my father why he says goodbye faster. Why i cant feel the happiness what im feel before and why i cant feel our family is family:︶︿︶
@Aalia
Please pray for my cat, Maani. He has cysts on his kidneys. We have started his medication prescribed by his vet today. Have a blessed weekend
@Aalia
“To love someone long-term is to attend a thousand funerals of the people they used to be. The people they’re too exhausted to be any longer. The people they don’t recognize inside themselves anymore. The people they grew out of, the people they never ended up growing into. We so badly want the people we love to get their spark back when it burns out; to become speedily found when they are lost. But it is not our job to hold anyone accountable to the people they used to be.…
@Aalia
Allow your soul, to shine through your heart🧜♀️ Your heart, to flash through your eyes Your eyes, to smile through your vibe🧚♀️ And make your vibe , an ultimate source of comfort 👸 - A silent source of Love! 💝 My dear folks, Your real value lies in the immense depths of your soul - Find it, and Fleck through it! 🌷🌞
@Aalia
Do you feel confident about yourself? Not many people do and often they seek validation from others to feel comfortable. When you accept who you are, you become so confident that what others think of you doesn’t affect you in any way. Rather, you connect with even those who criticize you because you trust your own abilities. You come to know that the people who criticize are the ones who lack the courage, envy your success and even your acceptance of yourself.
@Aalia
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” ― Mark Twain
@Aalia
Your time will come. 🌅 If you see someone who is doing well with their respective fields, or living their dreams. — don’t feel envious. If you see someone who is always out for traveling and enjoying good cuisine on social media. Never ever get insecure. I know some of us are already experiencing the realization of feeling “late” in life and you have to understand that time is giving you the chance to reset. If you feel trapped or stuck in a situation where you thought life…
@Aalia
If you don't value my words then you will not understand my silence.
@Aalia
Iam crying after reading this! Don't read it if you have a sensitive heart like me, and please iam begging if anyone of you is doing this please stop doing it at least think for a second how much its painful for those rats.
@Aalia
It’s a trauma response to keep trying to have meaningful relationships with people who have already shown you they aren't the least bit interested you. Healing, growing, and evolving means realizing the truth and respectfully letting them go.
@Aalia
“Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away... Nothing is more important than an unread library.”
@Aalia
“Every book is a different hood, a different country, a different world. Reading is how I visit places and people and ideas. And when something rings true or if I still have a question, I outline it with a bright yellow highlighter so that it’s lit up in my mind, like a lightbulb or a torch leading the way to somewhere new.”
@Aalia
Dear teacher, I wish you a happy teacher's day. Thank you for being the guide and for inspiring me to do well in my studies. You are the best teacher.
@Aalia
To all of you: here is what I hope for you. I hope you don’t make your big decisions based on what anyone else thinks is best for you, and that you do whatever it is that you know is best for you. I hope you do the things that make your eyes shine, and that you live for the moments that make you feel like you are on cloud nine, even if others don’t understand. I hope you don’t rush through life out of fear that time is slipping away from you, and that instead, that you savor…
@Aalia
I had an amazing friend, I lost contact with few years back. I’m wondering how she’s doing and if ever things turned out well for her. But I pray for her health and success from time to time.
@Aalia
I used to tell myself that when I fall in love, I won't say those three words as often as others do. That I don't want them to be the period to my sentences because I don't want them to lose their meaning. That I would only say them when something amazing happens, but then I fell for you and you taught me that it's not how it works. We'll ride a cab and I would look into your eyes. I love you. I'll watch you eat, painfully slow, and then you'll smile at me when you catch me…
@Aalia
“Every day I put love on the line. There’s nothing I am less good at. I am far better at competition than love; far better at responding to my instincts to get ahead than at figuring out how to love another. I’m schooled and trained in getting my own way. And yet, I decide every day to set aside what I do best, and attempt to do what I do very clumsily—open up myself to the frustrations and failures of loving, daring to believe that failing in love is better than succeeding…
@Aalia
“We seldom realize, for example, that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.”
@Aalia
I realized that I don’t have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect, and beautiful journey of my life.
@Aalia
Never forget the hands that raised you. These hands who raised me deserves everything or greater than what they give to us. They deserves boundless of happiness in life. We should give them such as everything what's we have right now in this world.
@Aalia
Meeting amazing people. Sadly, they live on the internet.
@Aalia
📚 Story Time: Seeing With The Heart "The man doesn’t know that there is a snake underneath. The woman doesn’t know that there is a stone crushing the man. The woman thinks: “I am going to fall! And I can’t climb because the snake is going to bite me. Why can’t the man use a little more strength and pull me up!” The man thinks: “I am in so much pain! Yet I’m still pulling you as much as I can. Why don’t you try and climb a little harder!?” The moral: You can’t see the…
@Aalia
Perhaps you’ll meet me when someone ignores you and you’ll remember all my attention Perhaps you’ll meet me on a certain date forgotten by someone whom you’ve wished they’d remember but they didn’t and think of how i had memorized it by heart and prepared for it months ahead. Perhaps you’ll meet me in questions that you’re no longer asked and simple phrases that shows sincere care and affection: - what’s your favorite perfume? - what’s your favorite food? -are you looking…
@Aalia
Temporary people teach us permanent lessons.
@Aalia
Don’t think too much about bad things. Try to feed your mind with beautiful positive thoughts. You can be happy.
@Aalia
I thought it was hard for me to love again but I was wrong. I love easily and broke easily, my heart is fragile like a delicate glass. Once it was broken you can't pick up the pieces and make it whole again. It's not hard to fall inlove, what's difficult is to trust after betrayals, to care after being abused and to value after being used. It's not hard to love, it's hard to understand the concept of love.
@Aalia
"I believe the actual purpose of life is much bigger than this and we have very little time in this world to make our afterlife better" wrote Abdullah Qureshi in an Instagram post, announcing exit from music industry.
@Aalia
There are some nights when you just want to know there's someone else besides you in this wide world.
@Aalia
If you’re gonna love me, you don’t need to do much to prove it. You don’t need to tell me what you had for lunch or who you were with. You don’t have to send me pearls or a bouquet of Juliet roses. Nor to take me out on a 5-star resto or a VIP cinema. You don’t need to flaunt me on your social media accounts and react on my story firstly. You don’t need to send me long morning messages nor apologize if you missed saying good night. You don’t need to remind me hundreds of…
@Aalia
There are nights that I wanted to last forever. I wanted to hide from the world, I wanted to lay on my bed and stare at the ceiling. I always wanted to be seen, to be recognized and valued but tonight I wanted to disappear for a while. There are nights that I can tame my demons and dance with them but tonight I wanted to runaway and be free from my monsters that's living within.
@Aalia
Now when you say that you can't lose me. I'm thinking of that reality when you didn't make any effort for me to stay. My presence was not special for you. I was there just like any other person you had in your life, but with the burden of carrying your sorrow on my soul & your insecurities in my mind. Every step in my life happened when I thought about you. Every decision was affected because I wanted to stay in your life. But I think life had a different plan. Or perhaps…
@Aalia
“We do not become healers. We came as healers. We are. Some of us are still catching up to what we are. We do not become storytellers. We came as carriers of the stories we and our ancestors actually lived. We are. Some of us are still catching up to what we are. We do not become artists. We came as artists. We are. Some of us are still catching up to what we are. We do not become writers.. musicians.. helpers.. peacemakers. We came as such. We are. Some of us are still…
@Aalia
If someone close to you ridiculous you for wanting their time, affection or communication, do they really love you? If it is love then it's toxic.
@Aalia
I love little kids, they are like fallen angels innocent, happy and free. I love the way they pertain things and situation. They just eat if they are hungry, cry when they are hurt and giggles when they are happy. But there existence saddens me, I used to be like them too not until reality opens my eyes and let me see through the life behind. When laughing becomes a defense mechanism, when crying isn't a solution to ease the pain and we are being caged in this painful frame.…
@Aalia
Art is not a competition to create the best image, whatever that may be. No image I have seen in a museum comes close to the visual magic of an actual sunset over the ocean either. When I am standing on a beach or in a rainy forest I am touched and humbled and inspired. But I know that nature didn't struggle to create the scene, and I am rather confident that it doesn't care about me sitting on some rock gazing at it. Art on the other hand, is about human interaction for me.…
@Aalia
You did the best you could for today. Take a rest. Tomorrow is a new day, a new chance for you to start over.
@Aalia
I'm tired of always getting caught in between the try & my destiny. It looks like everything I do creates a bad moment in my life. And when I'm not tired of figuring it out & fighting back. It keeps adding new bad moments to my destiny. And now all I see or live in are the bad moments. It's not the consequences of my actions, because I didn't do anything to change the course of events of my life. Still, I get thrown out of my own space. As if I don't deserve to live a…
@Aalia
Even with the unfairness of this world don't find something that could make someone look ugly towards other.
@Aalia
“Claim your silence... We—a society so obsessed with noise, news clips, action, arguments, debates, anger, confrontation, stimulation and busy-ness—must recreate ourselves and re-carve a place of silence in our lives. It is a great healing measure for the wounded world outside of us, and the wounded world within us.”
@Aalia
“Moving forward often demands that we live lost, knowingly surrendering our attachment to who we think we are, voluntarily stumbling around in the dark with little to guide us. Growing is all about leaps into the seeming unknown.”
@Aalia
you need to try, no matter how hard it scares you. and you'll be surprised to have achieved something you initially thought you couldn't.
@Aalia
My best friend of more than 5 years ended our friendship over a small argument. I don’t know if I should beg her to take me back, or just let her go.
@Aalia
In the blink of an eye it could all be taken away. Enjoy this exact moment.
@Aalia
Part of loving ourselves is accepting where we are in this moment. Not always wishing away our time in hopes of something better. Not living in regret or guilt for time that's past. Honoring who you are, what you look like, how you feel in this moment means you're fully engaged with your life. Sure you can have goals, dreams, and desires, but don't let those take away from what is now.
@Aalia
It’s better to be Single and happy rather than being in a wrong person with a toxic relationship. Being single should be celebrated. You deserve better. —🌻
@Aalia
Things I still find hard to do: Saying goodbye to my favourite people. Picking up my Mother's call after a fight. Sleeping early. Combing my hair when I have nowhere to go. Talking to a stranger on the phone without making notes and practicing what I have to say. Memorising. Not having any control over eating when I find something delicious. Remembering how to spell 'Chrysanthemums'. Going on dates without the urge to walk away immediately. Being alone. Accepting my past.…
@Aalia
If there’s one thing we all need to stop doing, it’s waiting around for someone else to show up and change our lives. Just be the person you’ve been waiting for. Live your life as if you are the love of it. Because that’s the only thing you know for sure – that through every triumph, every failure, every fear and every gain that you will ever experience until the day you die, you are going to be present. You are going to be the person who shows up to accept your rewards. You…
@Aalia
Let's meet .....out there in the bright sunshine under purple shady pine without any fear without any care... that... who would laugh? and who will judge? who will spread all the rumors who will hit out of grudge...? let's meet out somewhere.. to share our days... out of darkness feel some rays what have been done "have been done" that was past keep on.... run💕 let's escape .... out of fear who have threatened.... do they dare??? who you want to prove your self... just…
@Aalia
You have to start believing you deserve good things. You messed up, yes, but you can’t keep punishing yourself for that. You’re not the mistakes you make, you’re who you become after making them, and you have become someone who tries their best to be good everyday. You’ve grown as a person, you know better now, and you deserve all the credit for that. You need to stop being so mad at yourself. You need to forgive yourself. You need to give yourself a second chance. I know it…
@Aalia
I miss my best friend. She hasn’t called me in a while. I tried calling her but she’s not picking up. I think she’s really busy.
@Aalia
“Love turns dead ends into possibilities and wrong turns into hope. Then, just like that, nothing will ever be the same-but then, would you want it to be? You stop wondering why not and start realizing why. You’re beautiful..and you’ll find someone who shares that belief- inside and out. You’ll meet the one person whose jagged edges fit perfectly into your uneven corners and the next thing you know, you won’t even remember what life was like before them. But that’s when you…
@Aalia
“Do not underestimate someone who has lost everything and is still here to tell the story. Do not underestimate someone who has fought dearly for sobriety. Peace. Forgiveness. Self-love. Freedom. Authenticity. Truth. Do not underestimate the lonely. They have braved wars that only those who understand the absence of human connection, can do. Even now. They are holding it all together while coming so wildly undone. And sometimes we may see them unravel ever so softly. Or…
@Aalia
Even if things aren't working well these days, even if all signages are too vague, too many to keep in mind whether you have to go to the other direction or keep walking on the same road you have started to walk in, or even if you are uncertain about the signs you encounter along the way, even if you don't know if it's about time to stop, let go, or not to, i hope your decision will make you at the end of the day. Whether it's a good or a bad one, you will certainly find…
@Aalia
In my disappointment Let me comfort myself In my fear Let me reassure myself In my anger Let me calm myself In my stress Let me listen to myself In my confusion Let me organise myself In my uncertainty Let me find clarity In my heartbreak Let me find healing and closure In my self-doubt Let me find confidence In my loneliness Let me be at home with myself In my stress Let me soothe myself In my struggle Let me be still In my weariness Let me rest In my pain Let me heal and…
@Aalia
Every morning i wake up & get my coffee & i recite in my head this excerpt from ‘invitation,’ by Mary Oliver: “It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world.” & i just say it over & over again until it sticks to my mind for the rest of the day. It is a serious thing. I am alive. I am so lucky. This fresh morning i get the chance to live again & again & again.
@Aalia
Self Tranquility. Other people always say that we are boring, sometimes they say that we have a plain routine, or to cut it short we have no happy life. To be honest being introverted is actually interesting. I might say we are selective, we have high standards in terms of appreciating things around us. We love making our own space, We love listening to music, We love writing, we love watching movies. And for me its a form of having that unbothered space. We love rainy…
@Aalia
Happiness is not something that you can find, acquire, or achieve directly. You have to get the conditions right and then wait. Some of those conditions are within you, such as coherence among the parts and levels of your personality. Other conditions require relationships to things beyond you: Just as plants need sun, water, and good soil to thrive, people need love, work, and a connection to something larger. It is worth striving to get the right relationships between…
@Aalia
I don't always need people to tell me that the rain will pass, because sometimes, I don't want it to end just yet. Sometimes, I just want to feel a little longer, break into pieces so I can just let the wind carry my thoughts away instead of them piling up like Jenga blocks that never topple. I don't always need people to tell me to keep going, because sometimes, I just want to take some rest, allow myself a good cry. The world will never stop spinning, anyway.
@Aalia
One lesson I’ve learned the hard way, throughout my life, is that selfish people put themselves first. They often don’t listen to what your heart has to say. And you’ll end up giving them more than they’ll ever wish to offer to you. Your profound soul is invisible to them, as depth doesn’t ever grow in shallow water.
@Aalia
This photo was taken in Damascus in 1899. The dwarf is Samir. He is a Christian and cannot walk. The one who carries him on his back is Muhammad. He is a Muslim and he is blind. Mohamed relies on Samir to tell him where to go, and Samir uses his friend's back to navigate the city streets. They were both orphans and lived in the same room. Samir was a hakawati, he had the gift of narration and told stories of a thousand and one nights to the customers of a cafe in Damascus,…
@Aalia
"Dear me, I am sorry. I'm sorry that you tried so desperately to fix others, when your own hands were shaking. I'm sorry that I didn't give you enough time to heal, that I let you seal the wounds of everyone else whilst your own were bleeding. I'm sorry that there were days when smiling hurt but you forced yourself to laugh so that no one had to worry about you. I'm sorry that you gave all of your time and effort to people that didn't give the same amount back. I'm sorry…
@Aalia
“As the night gets dark, let your worries fade. Sleep peacefully knowing you’ve done all you can do for today.” 🌙 📚☕️
@Aalia
Forgive those who wished to see you falling. 🤎 And have a big heart to give only love even to those who hate you. 🤎
@Aalia
If you aren't exactly where you want to be, there's a lesson you're still learning. This delay isn't meant to be punishment or some type of twisted torture. No, it's allowing you to build all the resources you need to propel your success. The truth is, you're already moving in the direction you want to go. Just because the progress isn't as fast as you'd like doesn't mean it isn't happening. You're learning how to navigate life your own way. There is no blueprint on how to…
@Aalia
To heartbreak Thank you for breaking me wide open And giving birth to a new me To dissatisfaction Thank you for helping me to unlock my greatness And see the potential that lies within me To failure Thank you for alerting me to what isn't working And allowing me to gain greater experience, understanding and clarity To envy Thank you for mirroring back to me What I secretly desire And wish to become and achieve To loneliness Thank you for teaching me to comfort myself And…
@Aalia
The universe will keep handing you the same lessons, the same relationships, the same type of love and the same type of pain until you realize that the common denominator is you. Until you are finally tired of your own patterns. Until you finally love yourself enough to raise your standards and believe you are worthy of holding them. Be with someone who wants you to love yourself more. Be with someone who admires you for putting yourself first.
@Aalia
“It’s all about finding an honest lover. A pure, selfless lover. A lover who looks at your heart and admires what it has been through, understands why it is the way it is and loves it anyway.”
@Aalia
The home is the center of life. It is a refuge from the grind of work, the pressure of school, and the menace of the streets. We say that at home, we can “be ourselves.” Everywhere else, we are someone else. At home, we remove our masks. The home is the wellspring of personhood. It is where our identity takes root and blossoms, where as children, we imagine, play, and question, and as adolescents, we retreat and try. As we grow older, we hope to settle into a place to raise…
@Aalia
When you realize you’re not the person you used to be, you will understand that not everything needs fixing. Some friendships just die and you can’t revive them. Some people won’t love you the way you want them to and they won’t be able to meet you where you are. Some people are not your soulmates or your forever people. You will realize the importance of letting go and leaving things. You won’t have the urge to make everything work. When you realize that you’re not trying…
@Aalia
Iʼve been worried all my life if I will ever be able to make myself proud. I admit that there are moments I am in my high hopes, but every after breakthrough comes breakdown. My anxiety took 3/4 of my existence that I forgot what being happy feels like. This pain is crushing me. And I am still here in the place where I am making amends with my younger self— apologies for the times I repress our silent battles, but I am proud of what we've been through. I am proud of you for…
@Aalia
I hope you heal from the things you don't talk about anymore. I hope you heal from the things people have stopped asking about because you appear to be okay. I hope you heal from the things and people that shattered your faith and confidence. I hope that pain gets replaced with the kind of happiness that makes you appreciate why things had to happen the way the did. And if you aren't there yet, I hope you get there soon. 🌷
@Aalia
Years from now I’ll look back on the long road I walked and smile at how unending it felt back then. I’ll look back on every twist and turn, think of how inescapable they seemed until I can look at them from afar. I’ll look back on the highs and lows, on the rivers and cliffs. I’ll remember every hello and goodbye and thanks and sorry. Years from now I’d be standing at the mountain top and finally see the best view. Years from now all of this will be worth it. Until then,…
@Aalia
"I don't know but there are people who seem to cast magic through the words they say. That whenever you're having blues, they can easily turn your frown upside down without doing much. They can easily brighten your mood just by simply initiating a short conversation. Like whatever upsets you they always have the right words for it, the ones you both want and need to hear.
@Aalia
The heart does not go gently in the night. It holds on to the darkness, to the pain of heartbreak. It moves through each memory, trying to hold on to the good ones. But only the saddest only remain.
@Aalia
After our friendship ended, you talked bad about me. But I will never badmouth you because I valued you like my own family.
@Aalia
I am happy on my own. I enjoy sleeping soundly on a rainy day. I enjoy going out and eating in restaurants alone. I enjoy taking long showers, doing self-care, and owning my time. But, sometimes, late at night, I wish I could have someone to tell about my day. I wish I could hold a soothing hand and fit it into mine. I wish I could receive a warm hug, a sweet message, or a quick kiss after a long tiring week. Don't get me wrong, I am happy with everything I have. I just…
@Aalia
I don't know about you but sometimes when I ache in my heart, I wonder what happened to my strength? I've been through so much before, aren't I supposed to be tougher than this? I forget that no matter how much I've worked on myself, there would always be something that hurts and that's okay. It doesn't make me any less strong. We all are humans bound to hurt.
@Aalia
“I’ve been trying so damn hard, to figure out how this could have happened; how you could have erased me from your life as if I never existed, when you were the one who chased me down and wouldn’t give up, until I finally let my guard down just long enough, to hand you a few pieces of my shattered heart. Like shards of glass they cut my fingertips, as I handed them over to you. And you promised me, that you would take care of my pieces; that you would never ever leave me;…
@Aalia
You are so much more than the people may tell you, As a girl you might cry, Might have tear in your eye, But you do hide your tear, With a beautiful smile that you wear.. And that's make you so much more than the people may tell you, And then you grow up, Face some hurdles along the way Hurdles put up by the society, But you manage to throw them away, You stay strong, You don't let the world win And that's make you so much more than the people may tell you, As a mother you…
@Aalia
#GentleReminder: Sometimes our failures are blessings in disguise. Don't hate yourself for failing, getting it wrong, or having to heal from the same thing more than once. Self-hatred isn't fertile ground for your healing. You are capable of change and growth and living a life filled with love, even if no one taught you how. Sometimes we have to be the first to break the chains of generational pain, trauma, and dysfunction. We can rewrite our narrative and create a new way…
@Aalia
I have learned that chemistry between people is a real thing. For some you’ll sound boring, so normal , closed minded and too serious. For some you’ll sound shallow, maybe a little naive ! You’ll sound crazy and irrational. You talk too much and a lot to handle. Others will love all the boring topics you talk about, will respect that you have principles you stick to, they will admire your craziness and spontaneity. They will have fun with the childish personality in you. And…
@Aalia
Sometimes, it is not a cowardice to admit that you need help. It takes courage— a brave heart to ask for something you are not used to. Just so you know, asking for help means you are brave enough to give yourself a chance. Believe me, there's people out there who are willing to extend a hand and just waiting for you to ask.
@Aalia
I have dreams to look forward to, and more paths to walk on to, but today, I can't look too far ahead of me. There are these days in my life when I can't even see myself in the future, and today is one of those instances; yet I still have hopes to get there soon. I may feel that I am on my lowest at this moment, but I know I won't stay here for too long—just need some time to feel this emotion, and process everything going on inside my head. And once ready, I'll begin again…
@Aalia
I think we’ve all been through it: Self-loathe. Anxiety. Depression. Betrayal from the people we used to love. Losing friends. Hating ourselves for making mistakes. Blaming ourselves for our failures. Eating disorder. Body dysmorphia. Endless insecurities. We try so hard to be accepted by a corrupted society that has absurd and impossible standards, we tend to forget to be our true and authentic selves. Most of us are stuck with the idea that people would still judge us…
@Aalia
That's the most dangerous thing about resting for a while, about breathing—about teaching someone to miss you. You want to make them realize the massive difference that was made by your absence. You thought you were teaching them to appreciate you for being there before. You thought that making them miss you would be enough to be wanted again, only to watch them from afar, slowly learning to live their lives without you.
@Aalia
Help isn’t always easy to give. Sometimes even when you badly want to lend someone a hand, your hands are too full to carry another baggage. Sometimes no matter how moved you are by someone’s struggle story, you don’t have that one thing they need. Even when you badly want to let an old man sitting by the road have a nice meal, the coins in your pocket are just enough for a bus fare. Even when you want to be there to tap someone’s back after a heart wrenching event, you…
@Aalia
A journalist asks Cristiano Ronaldo: "Why does your mother still live with you? Why don't you build her a house?" Cristiano Ronaldo replies: "My mother raised me and she dedicated her life for me. She would go to sleep hungry, just to let me eat. We had no money at all. She worked 7 days a week and nights as a maid to buy my first shoes so I could be a player. All my success is dedicated to her and because of her and as long as she has a life, she will always be by my side,…
@Aalia
“Someday it won’t feel like this. Someday it won’t hurt so bad. Someday these memories won’t grip you by the throat so hard. Someday, you’ll find your joy again.” #SomedayIsComing #KeepHealing Good Night 💤🌙 😊 Sweet Dream 🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠
@Aalia
#MorningMotivation Cherish people who never left you when you’re broken, who sees the good in you in your worst and who continues to boost your morale even if your soul is giving up. These are those who you need in your life. Keep them. Good morning, happy weekend Have a beautiful day ahead.
@Aalia
Have you ever been in a pretty mysterious phase of your life? 🙁🍂 As, if you are sitting on a roller coaster of emotions – wild, Insane, unbalanced😔 When you stand, and walk-through stream of sorrows one moment; and dance, while you enjoy each step along the way- next moment💃 It’s like your facial expressions, your body moves and each wave of your smile expresses your joy in such a way that words cannot. You get those hysterical layers of your laughter and dwell into the sea…
@Aalia
Just in case you need it today, I want to reassure you that you are not your past, your mistakes, or the misleading perceptions and assessments of others that have shaped who you are. You are still the person who will never stop improving yourself and the one who will keep pursuing your dreams, regardless of how people feel about you, how they judge you or challenge you, how they betray you or inspire you. Be wise enough to understand that while you have flaws, your heart is…
@Aalia
On the days when it feels like you will never get through this season, this period, this transition — please remember all of the mountains you have scaled before. Please remember all of the nights you spent convinced that you’d never move beyond where you were in that very moment. One day, something small brought you a little ease, and then a little more. You waited. You realized that everything was going to be okay, even if it doesn’t always feel okay. You let the waves of…
@Aalia
After all these years I still look at another’s eyes in search of you. But every soul that passed my way could never meet my eyes the way yours did. When I said you’ll always have a piece of my heart with you, I meant it because I still feel it tugging softly with longing to the parts it was once attached to. I still look at the street signs and traffic lights of that same place I first held your gaze, taking the long way back home hoping they still lead to the same road…
@Aalia
May you always have something to look forward to: a fresh music to listen; an episode of the series you've been watching; a new book to be published by your favorite writer and author; another sunset to be seen, and a sunrise to be viewed the next day. May your list go on and on. May you never run out of reasons to move ahead and face a brand new day—be it small or grand, so long as it doesn't do any harm to anyone else, especially to yourself, keep it. A reason to go on in…
@Aalia
I always believe that it is important for relationships to know the 50-30-20 rule— 50% time with your partner, 30% time with friends, and 20% 'me time'. I just think that it is better to keep the fire burning, and what I really mean by 50% is you don't always have to be together and doing things. You can be around me while I am doing my homeworks. You can do your own thing while I am finishing the chores. You can wrap your arms on me while I am reading a book. It's not…
@Aalia
I blame the children's-books for not telling me how cruel reality is. Especially all the romantic novels for making me assume that love is an easy feeling anyone could pour out their emotions with. But reality will smash us. Wherein, living is suffering while love is loving and hurting at the same time. We believe in the concept that love will make us happy. But love does not guarantee happiness either. It's a risk that anyone is not aware after they enter it like stepping…
@Aalia
May all the things that keep you up at night be resolved. May all your relationships that need closures get it. May all your tears dry up and may you never forget your reasons to smile and keep going. May all your worries turn into triumphs. May all your fears turn into courage. May all your 'What ifs' never turn to regrets. May you someday learn how to say 'No' when needed. May you, especially, learn to prioritize yourself — meaning your peace, your happiness, or even…
@Aalia
For every person who thinks you're "too quiet" there's one who thinks you're an amazing listener. For every person who thinks you're "too clingy" there's one who loves how much and how openly you care about others. For every person who thinks you're "too weird" there's one who admires how you dare to stand out from the crowd. For every person who thinks you're "too sensitive" there's one who respects you for being so in touch with your feelings. For every person who thinks…
@Aalia
Dear Someone, _ You might hate my words, but you know that I am right to say you should stop watering anything that is one-sided. I think I am right to say you are not just madly in love with them for saying you're going nowhere because they can't get rid of you, you're crazy as well. To put it subtly, I am right to say you're going insane for saying they are the only risk you are willing to take. You are going insane for holding on to the fantasy that you have built…
@Aalia
When you refer to someone as “the one that got away,” what you’re really doing is holding onto the pain you are in, as well as still romanticizing the fantasy of what could have been, had SOMETHING not happened. Because that person probably didn’t say, “this won’t work out because I don’t want you or I don’t care enough to choose you or work through whatever this obstacle is.” They saw an obstacle and used it as an opportunity to quietly exit. What they probably did was…
@Aalia
Never invalidate your feelings, same way that you never take a shortcut to everything that needs to be felt and understood. Never rush something that requires process or else you’ll forever be in a loop hole—a cycle that will always lead you to failure. It’s okay to question things, or to mourn if something inside you dies after a failed relationship, or a broken dream. What’s not okay is when you allow yourself to be stuck in a dark place for far too long. You can question…
@Aalia
“Closure” sometimes takes so long not so much because it has anything to do with the other person but rather the internal work you have to go through yourself. That closure you think you need doesn’t come from questions answered or that final conversations to move on. When phrases in your own head are on repeat sound like: “What did I do wrong?” “What didn’t they like about me?” “How could I fix this or what could I have changed?” Realize the problem with this kind of…
@Aalia
I know that to find out is part of what gives life meaning, but sometimes, I wish I could just cheat and know ahead of time which things weren't meant for me. Not only would it save me a lot of time, it would also save me from losing the pieces of myself that I give to everything I put my heart on. You see, I love trying. The stars know that I really do. It's just that failures always make me cry, good byes always break me. I just hold on to that little hope in my heart that…
@Aalia
I don't really wish for a full disappearance. What I want is just some days not to be noticed by anyone, and not minding the world for a little while. Then after some hiding, I still hope someone—even just one person—would notice my fading; that I am slowly losing vision of the light; that everything's in monochrome after my sight. I wanted to be seen, not just when I am on my best of days. I also wanted to be found amidst my sufferings, for people to understand that I can't…
@Aalia
Dear Someone, _ I'm sorry they gave you so much hope only to turn around and tell you you can only be friends. You were wrong to think they were interested in you as much as you do, and would never leave. You broke your heart by expecting them to be as attached to you as you are to them. Now that you have started to see what being kept in a friendship zone without closure is and not what you want it to be, I encourage you to stop wondering what changed suddenly. Stop asking…
@Aalia
"It’s not that you have issues. It’s that you have a tendency to continue using instincts you picked up in childhood that are no longer useful to you on your journey towards achieving openness and intimacy and reliability in your personal relationships with others. It’s not that you’re defective or difficult or incapable, it’s just that what you learned to do to save yourself from the experience of abandonment or rejection or ridicule or failure is not helpful here anymore…
@Aalia
Note to Self: forgiveness and reconnection are not synonymous. You can forgive people and part ways. You can forgive people and love them from a distance. You can forgive people and choose that reconnecting isn’t an option for you. You can forgive people and not want them in your life anymore. Everything that’s broken doesn’t need to be put back together. Sometimes the best thing we can do is forgive and move on.
@Aalia
“I know you’re sad, so I won’t tell you ‘have a good day’. Instead, I advise you to simply ‘have a day’. Stay alive, feed yourself well, wear comfortable clothes, and don’t give up on yourself just yet. It’ll be better soon. Until then, have a day.”
@Aalia
No matter how honest you are with someone, showing good care, and trying to be as good as possible when going through a period of "no trust in a relationship", once trust is lost, it will take a lifetime to build it back, but the level of trust will never be the same as it was before.
@Aalia
7 Realizations That Changed My Life: 1. Nobody is paying attention to you as much as you are to yourself. That thing that mortifies you? Other people probably don’t even notice. 2. People mistake comfort for happiness. They’re completely different things. 3. No one can make you change; you have to choose to change. 4. Similarly: you can never make anyone else change; they have to choose to change. 5. You can’t buy happiness. But you can absolutely buy away unhappiness. 6.…
@Aalia
When students sometimes wish for heavy rain, their intention is not to be insensitive, what they really meant is... They just wanted a class suspension, maybe because school activities are requiring a little too much of themselves that it's draining them and they just wanted a time off, without skipping class. When people complain that they're tired of working, it does not mean they're not grateful of their jobs, what they meant is... They are literally exhausted of the work…
@Aalia
Midnights is for anyone whose heart is silently shattering into pieces. It’s for anyone whose life is falling apart, but it’s also for anyone whose dreams are slowly coming true after all the hell they had to go through. It’s for those who cried tears that nobody knew about, and now they’re dancing in the middle of the night, celebrating the paths uncrossed, unspoken apologies, and painful truth behind all the beautiful lies from the people they once loved. It’s for those…
@Aalia
The day I realised that I don’t have to be ‘special’ to make a difference in the world or to be a change-maker in my own life was such a powerful one. I’m just an average person, not always healthy in my choices, from a working class background, often feel down and still struggle with real and traumatic things, no qualifications in art (scraped a B grade at school in it). I don’t stand out in a room and I didn’t start my journey/career with a master plan or any massive…
@Aalia
Hello, stop scrolling and listen to me! You matter. You are loved. You are important. You are valuable. You are worth everything. I hope you know that you are not alone. I am here for you. I will always be here for you. I will never leave you. I will always be by your side. I hope you know that you are loved. I love you. I will always love you. I will never stop loving you. I hope you know that you are important. You are the most important person in the world to me. I will…
@Aalia
To the ones who hurt me: I don't know what did I do wrong for you to hurt me. I don't understand why of all people in the world, you've chosen me to suffer from all the pain that you've caused me. It makes me sad that I've trusted such people like you. I wish I never loved you and never stayed by your side. It hurts to see the people I loved, making me sad all the time. I wish you've treated me well, just like how I treated you. Sometimes I wonder if there is a deep reason…
@Aalia
Someone will love you as you are. Someone will love all the ordinary things about you. Someone will make you feel warm and safe and you won’t need to worry if they ever find someone new. Someone will come along and love the whole of you, they will make you love yourself in a way you never used to. Some day ….Someone will …
@Aalia
I feel so disappointed with myself lately. I'm becoming the person that I never wish to be. I'm stuck with being miserable in life and I don't know how to get out from the dark. I don't have the strength to fight for my silent battles and I feel like all my hopes are gone now. I know that I should've been someone better by now, but here I am— still trying to fix my ruined life and still trying to survive a day that's full of misery. Sometimes, I just want to scream all my…
@Aalia
Your life can be a mess AND you can still be kind to yourself. Your heart can be in pain AND you can still apply love on the wound. Your job can be soul-crushing AND you can still encourage yourself towards your larger vision. Your mind can be stuck in overthinking AND you can still be compassionate at the wonky ways in which it’s trying to keep you safe. You can wish to be at a different phase in your life AND still be wholly present where you currently are, which is a…
@Aalia
Do you know what happens when you decide to stop worrying about what other people might think of you? You get to dance. You get to sing. You get to laugh loudly, paint, write, and create. You get to be yourself. And you know what? Some people won't like you. Some will laugh or mock or point out flaws... but it just won't bother you all that much.
@Aalia
Detoxifying Toxic People. Lately I realized that being selective with the people around you give’s you the power to shield your mental health. I realized that choosing the best people within your circle helps you grow at some point. And now i get even more thrilled when i have the power to avoid toxic people, i love avoiding the attitude of toxicity, the complex of superiority behavior. The narcissist behavior, everything that deals with toxicity. Until i get the chance to…
@Aalia
I feel like most of my life was spent waiting for the wrong people, the right opportunities, and the perfect timing that when I looked around, everyone already got the best of me. I was left behind. The world spins faster than it used to and I'm completely stuck, not knowing where to go. It's disheartening. I remember telling myself a million times that maybe, I'm just not meant to shine like others do. That maybe I'm just meant to clap at their success, and really, I…
@Aalia
THEY DON’T KNOW YOU There’s a difference between judging a person and describing them: If someone is a liar and you call them on that, you’re not judging them, you’re describing them. Constructive criticism is not judgment either. People who care about you will tell you the truth you need to hear to help you reevaluate yourself. Judgement on the contrary, is ignorance especially when it isn’t factual. Don’t let them bother you. They don’t know you. Keep working on becoming a…
@Aalia
I know I'm just a foolish girl, I would spit out whatever goes through my mind even if illogical, dumb, even if it shows how vulnerable I'm, I would care too much that sometimes it wouldn't be correctly understood, I'm too emotional one word would change my whole day and another would give me wings to fly, I would notice the slightest details of a change that sometimes it may turn me too obsessive of things that will never happen, I'm terrified to death that I may loose my…
@Aalia
IT STARTS WITH YOU Do good because you want to. Not because you expect anything in return. Do something for someone in this life, that they won’t ever be able to repay you. Give when you can. Don’t trouble yourself if there isn’t much you can do. You can’t change the entire world but you can change someone’s world. Only look down on people to bring them up. Be the change you want to see in this world. Change starts with you. We all need each other in this life.
@Aalia
Long Distant Relationships. People say -You’ve never even met them. -They could be cheating on you right now. -How can you love someone that you only see on tokbox or tinychat. -You’re not really sleeping with them, you’re sleeping on the phone with them. -“You’ll find someone better in your distance.” Well I think it’s cute if people can maintain a distant relationship without giving up cause people say, “they’re cheating on you.” Thats how you know it’s a real…
@Aalia
Good news! If you're currently laying around and not producing anything, you are a credit to your species. You are an omnivore, a predator, and a pretty big one at that. You are not a bee or an ant. It is, in fact, normal for you to just want to lay around not producing anything. You're a mammal. Stop judging yourself for not being a hive insect. But, you know what? Ant biologists point out that ants also spend a significant percentage of the time doing nothing anyway. Turns…
@Aalia
There is an absurd trend in our generation of showing off every small thing and posting it on social media. From showing off to keeping things private, I fixed many things in my life. When you start keeping your things private, you finally start to find peace in your life. Privacy is so important that when people around you don't know anything, they can't ruin it. Not everyone is necessarily happy with our happiness, some people's hearts would be on fire after seeing others…
@Aalia
I hope you remember to be kind to yourself today. I hope you remember that yes, even though the world is messed up, it isn't your responsibility to hold it up every moment. The fight will keep going but sometimes, it is okay to walk out of the ring for a time out. I hope you will extend the same understanding you extend to everyone one, to yourself as well for once. I hope you get some good done to you when you do not expect it. That today, your coffee tastes just a little…
@Aalia
Time taught me the guilt of something sacred: at times, I would be happy. Then there comes the presence of people who'd make me feel like I don't deserve it. And the fact that I do not know how to explain why just adds the weight to it for me to carry. The night would arrive when my mind would wonder by itself. Circling around and asking if I really do deserve things. Then I'd cover myself up with blankets, singing myself to sleep as I give up on dismay— drizzles of my tears…
@Aalia
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. "
@Aalia
You will loose someone you cant live without, and your heart will be badly broken, I and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forver in your broken heart that does not seal back up. and you come through. Its like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly_that still hurts whenbthe weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with limp.
@Aalia
Do you trust the process of life? We go through many seasons in our life. The season of fall brings the feeling of emptiness and loss even with everything else we already have. The process of life is very simple and streamlined. The times of life when we grow and flourish, we have no complains with our life but when we start to lose is when we feel our life has no meaning. There is meaning for every occurrence in life. With every event of life, you grow and mature. Your…
@Aalia
This is the part of my life where I’m happy. This is the part where every good thing I deserved and worked on for so long are now cascading in my way — like the glorious things they have always been. This is the part where everything that once belonged in my arms will naturally be handed back to me, softly in my palms, feeling my name engraved to each one of them. My entire life circled around waiting. For the right words to be said at the right time. For the right person to…
@Aalia
I've taken the last few weeks to live slower, recognizing that if my life were a book I didn't want to skim the pages. And in my craving to be present for my life, I slowed down; my breath, my consumption, my "productivity." I even slowed down the number of posts and content I share with you on a weekly basis. In an incredibly fast-paced world with increasing levels of stress, anxiety and burnout, Slow Living can save lives. And I think this is an important conversation…
@Aalia
Healing your heart is a terrible process. You sit with your grief and gulp all the regret in your room and still find a piece of yourself empty and void. Nothing ever fills you; you are a glutton who doesn't know what it needs. The habits you're trying to leave, the people you miss, the urge to go back because everything seems hard hurts more than you can imagine. Your heart is heavy despite the emptiness, and you close your eyes every night wishing it will be better…
@Aalia
Life is hard. It really is. No matter what I do, it always shows its ugly face. It is a harsh reality that we live in. When we try to find happiness, all we get is this bottled up sadness that we need to drink in one chug. We became overwhelmed by how unfair life could be. We have these negative thoughts running in our heads like athletes that never get tired of running in circles in fast motion like they're trying to win a race as a result of those painful things we…
@Aalia
How can a positive mind change one's day? A positive mind is one that can see the reason to be positive in any situation. When we begin our day on a positive note, we may experience challenges throughout our day, but still we don't feel disappointed. The beginning of a day is the most beautiful part of the day because you create a new connection with the physical world. The first thought, first food and first action greatly influence our day. Thoughts of gratefulness,…
@Aalia
STREAMING If everything that's meant to be will be, no matter what; If every line is written, and every bullet shot; Is this just a balance, between the cold and hot? Is choosing how we feel, the only choice we've got? Why do we fear the future, and what it might not bring? Why can we not just love to love; allow our voice to sing? Why do we fear to just let go, and drift upon the wing? Why do we go in blindly, each time our ego rings? Why do we choose to feel so cold, and…
@Aalia
YOU CAN’T BE EVERYONE’S CUP OF TEA There will always be someone in this life who just doesn’t like you, no matter how hard you try to please them. There will always be something that you say, or do, which causes offence or division. Whether you meant to or not. There will always be someone who finds fault in you, your life or your words. You may never find out why, please don’t waste your precious time trying to. You can’t be everyone’s cup of tea. Then there will be those…
@Aalia
Sometimes you want to really run, run from everything, everyone but most of all from yourself, run from the dark thoughts haunting you, from those heavy feelings draining you, from spotting the things you hate about yourself, from the terrible idea that you are not worth it, from the guilt you feel unconsciously for things you did and others you didn't, you just need to escape all that and pretend you are someone else, floating like a leave with no strings of fear or doubt,…
@Aalia
There comes a time for healing no matter how broken you are right now; no matter how heavy your heart is right now. There comes a time when you will go outside and let the sun shine on your face and let the wind touch your hair and you will not be tired by just simply being awake. There comes a time when you will be happy to be alive again and that day you will appreciate your own being because now you know the other side. Now you know the opposite. Now you know what it’s…
@Aalia
The moment you made me feel unwanted, that's the time that you already lost me. When your words speak opposite from your actions, when exchanging of "I love you's" doesn't excites you anymore, when butterflies turns out to be traumas. In that little moments, you lost me in the most painful way.
@Aalia
We cling to music, to poems, to quotes, to writing, to art because we desperately do not want to be alone. We want to know we aren't going crazy and someone else out there knows exactly how you're feeling. We want someone to explain the things we cant.
@Aalia
"You'll learn as you live a bit longer that there are very few people who are really interested in who you are and what you're doing: That handful who do care and who do want to see you do well are treasures. Hold them very dear and very close to you. Forgive them almost anything. Be there for them. But most of life is solitary and hard--you work and you study and you fail and you do the damned things over and over again. And this is your responsibility. Most people, as I've…
@Aalia
Yes I carry with me always that bag of pain and failures, Yes I lost my dearest ones and my soul was shred into pieces, I failed myself so many times to fix my fatal weaknesses, I was trapped in the same mistakes over and over again, I didn't follow my dreams as I should, I lied to myself when I shouldn't, I denied her for so many times, I judged people yet it's against my beliefs, I lost track of who am I really, I walked with the current without choosing, I smiled when I…
@Aalia
Stop minimizing and discounting your feelings. You have every right to feel the way you do. Your feelings may not always be logical, but they are always valid. Because if you feel something, then you feel it and it’s real to you. It’s not something you can ignore or wish away. It’s there, gnawing at you, tugging at your core, and in order to find peace, you have to give yourself permission to feel whatever it is you feel. You have to let go of what you’ve been told you…
@Aalia
One thing I have often noticed is that when our elders come out of a toxic environment, they take out their frustrations on their children and those around them. It is not their fault but we bring out what is inside us, be it hate, love or frustration. This concept travels from generation to generation, try to make sure you don't bleed those that didn't cut you, otherwise no generation will be able to stay healthy, and everyone will develop mental illness.
@Aalia
“The most beautiful quality of all in a human being, in my humble opinion? The ability to listen deeply. To listen from Presence. From stillness. To listen without trying to fix someone, or change them, or ‘save’ them. The ability to allow another to be exactly as they are. Not giving unsolicited advice. Not lecturing them about the latest psychological research or the ‘most true’ spiritual teaching. Not trying to mold them, manipulate them into matching a concept of who…
@Aalia
Your body works almost effortlessly to keep you alive and keep going. It is really an amazing thing how that works. And that’s why it’s so important to listen to yourself, respect yourself and meet you at your own basic needs. Because the truth is the dishes can wait, the house won’t clean itself but it doesn’t need to be cleaned right now, that email or call can be returned later. Rest when you need to. Pause when you have to. Do what you can, however well you can, with…
@Aalia
Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments - often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss out on the bursts of joy because we're too busy chasing down the extraordinary moments. Other times we're so afraid of the dark we don't dare let ourselves enjoy the light. A joyful life is not a floodlight of joy. That would eventually become unbearable. I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude and inspiration.
@Aalia
i know, you've been carrying heaviness within your heart that the ache lingers in you. i know, that you've been pouring drops of tears before you sleep. but, i do hope someday you won't carry the heaviness anymore, to sleep peacefully without even entertaining those clouded thoughts or even loud voices that make you awake until midnight. every single night that passes, i hope, you do forget the intoxicant reality that makes you drunk and start being unbothered for tomorrow.…
@Aalia
Please take pictures of your friends. take pictures of your friends when they laugh, and when they are happy. And when they are sad, too. Take pictures of them partying, studying, eating, or sleeping in your bed. Take pictures of their new hair color, or new shoes, take pictures of them while they roll their first cigarette, and take pictures of their last, when they quit smoking. take pictures of your friends just being themselves. Tell them they are beautiful all the time…
@Aalia
The real you is still a little child who never grew up. Sometimes that little child comes out when you are having fun or playing, when you feel happy, when you are painting, or writing poetry, or playing the piano, or expressing yourself in some way. These are the happiest moments of your life when the real you comes out, when you don’t care about the past and you don’t worry about the future. You are childlike.
@Aalia
No relationship is perfect. As much as we want it to be perfect, it will never be perfect. Sometimes there will be conflict. Sometimes there will be problems. But, real love means fixing the problems together. Not giving up on one another. Sure there will be arguments but real love is saying, “I’d rather lose the argument than lose you.” Always remember the bible said, “Real love never fails.” So when it fails, maybe, just maybe, it wasn’t love.
@Aalia
Maybe you are not as good as everyone out there, but you are way better than you were. always look forward as to how you will outgrow your previous and now version—be happy for others and be happy for yourself—be happy of your becoming. it takes you courage to get there.
@Aalia
There are a lot of people who are moving in this world completely numb. We see them everywhere just going through the motions of daily living, and we have to know that sometime, somehow, they had trauma so devastating that they have chosen to close off the outside. So, when you see them open your heart. Give a smile with your eyes, a prayer with your mind, vibe them some love. You never know… You may penetrate their skin, get into the blood of their humanness and change…
@Aalia
Here’s a reminder that long journeys aren’t always smooth and predictable. It’s normal to encounter narrow, steep, and bumpy roads. It’s normal to miss your turn. To follow the wrong sign, to stay a little longer, to leave too soon. It’s normal to lose sight of the road when the rain pours hard or the night crawls fast. It’s normal for your hands to get numb or your eyes to flicker. For one of your tires to wear off or your packed lunch to sit cold. It’s normal to bump into…
@Aalia
If you lose something or someone really precious - it's right that it hurts this much. It makes sense. Don't necessarily hurry yourself through it. The pain is a testament to that depth. It honours how deeply you loved. And sometimes, when we remove the accustomed labels of 'grief' or 'heartbreak' and just feel it with the pride of one who loves so so deeply, who loves so 'all-in' ... You can feel fully accepting of your tender, romantic heart. Be grateful to be as you are,…
@Aalia
Some days I just don’t want to… like today … I don’t want to play. I don’t want to cook. I don’t want to parent. I don’t want to wife. I don’t want to do anything, but sit there and scroll. It’s not all the time. I don’t always feel this way. But, my body and mind need a break; and they start to show me. My body shows me this with an ache in my foot that won’t go away without rest. A headache that reminds me to drink water and slow down. My mind shows me this with forgotten…
@Aalia
Adulthood is hard. It's the time when you realize who you are, your worth, and what you wanted to be. You no longer have times to do thigs you don't like or to please people or to prove yourself to them. You reserve your care for certain people and you love the ones you want to keep. Adulthood requires less drama from friends and deeper talks about life and decisions, good times slowly turn from clubbing and drinking to spending time and reserving energy to people who…
@Aalia
"Living is not merely going to the office, or passing examinations, or having children, or the everlasting struggle for bread and butter; that is only part of it. Living also implies seeing the trees, the sunlight on the river, a bird on the wing, the moon through the clouds; it is to be aware of smiles and tears, of turmoils and anxieties; it is to know love, to be gentle, compassionate, and to perceive the extraordinary depth and width of existence."
@Aalia
There are no rules to life! Take it one day and one prayer at a time. Slow motion is better than no motion. It ain't the struggle, it's the person you are, during that struggle. Keep your faith and stand through it in kindness and not judgement. Love is the meaning...
@Aalia
HOW TO RESPECT YOURSELF (1) Stop looking for who is not looking for you. (2) Stop begging. (3) Stop saying more than is necessary. (4) When people disrespect you, confront them immediately. (5) Don't eat other people's food more than they eat yours. (6) Reduce how you visit some people, especially if they don't reciprocate it. (7) Invest in yourself. Make yourself happy. (8) Stop entertaining gossip about other people. (9) Think before you talk. 80% of how people value you…
@Aalia
FACTS U DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT TOO MUCH 1. If you speak too much, you will lie. 2. If you think too much, you will be depressed. 3. If you cry too much, you will lose your sight. 4. If you love too much, you will be lost. 5. If you care too much, you will be taken for granted. 6. If you play too much, you will not be taken serious often. 7. If you trust too much, you will be betrayed. 8. If you work too much, you will die of stress. 9. If you eat too much, you will be obessed 10.…
@Aalia
Morning Motivation “Hey you. Yes brave girl, you. YOU are DYNAMITE. YOU are AMAZING. YOU are BEAUTIFUL. YOU are STRONG. You matter. Your story matters. Your pain matters. Your joy matters. You are not alone. I believe you. I love you. You’ve got this. FIND YOUR FIERCE.”