Jenna

❝ one thing i have learnt this year is to live and live in the moment. life is tough, life is overwhelming and life is a struggle. a struggle to hold on. a constant battle of choosing between what it is and what it should be. this year, you found yourself in situations you never could've possibly imagined yourself to be in. you looked for yourself in everywhere you went and everyone you met. you thrived, you survived, you tried - even if barely. for the year, days, life to come, live. live in the moment. stay. breathe. it gets better. ❞

❝ you are here for a reason. i know that sometimes it doesn't feel that way. i know that sometimes life can be a difficult thing to navigate. it can break you down and challenge you in ways you never thought it would but i also know that you have the potential to do incredible things in this world. you have the capacity to overcome whatever it is that is hurting you or confusing you or making you doubt yourself. i need you to believe in that. believe, with reckless abandon, that you are meant to be here. trust in yourself - even if you haven't figured out what inspires you deeply, even if you haven't discovered your purpose, even if you're moving forward in the simplest, smallest of ways. just keep going. wake up each morning and be gentle with yourself. do the work. feel whatever it is that you need to feel. tuck beautiful memories into your chest for safekeeping, revisit them whenever things get too tough. remind yourself of the art you want to create, of the things you wish to write, of the places you want to visit, of the people you have yet to meet. no matter what, just continue to remind yourself that you are going to make it. ❞

❝ hey you. i want you to know that i'm proud of you. i'm proud of you for getting through another year. things have not exactly been smooth but i'm proud of you for getting back up each time life has pulled you down. i'm proud of you for trying, for speaking up. the year has taught you alot, changed you alot. you've achieved or done things you never thought you were capable of. give yourself some credit; the permission to unfold. strip down to the rawest and most authentic version of yourself. don't dwell on the past. look into it, learn from it, figure out where you went wrong and move on. do not conceal your emotions. you need not to be someone else. who you are is perfect. ❞

❝ it's just really scary how unpredictable people are. at one moment, they make you feel as if you're finally home and get you all comfortable and attached to them and the next they could be so brutally distant and harsh to you. that isn't everyone though. life has its own ways to teach us a lesson that is letting go of what doesn't want to stay. believe me what wants to stay will find a reason to, despite all odds. who wants to genuinely be with you will never abandon you. someone who doesn't wanna stay won't care how deeply you love them. it's a tough lesson to learn. i hope you let go knowing that the better is yet to come. stay strong. ❞

❝ start where you are and move with humility; recognizing that you may make mistakes along the way and that's okay. what matters is that you are showing up. do not let fear or shame consume you. do not invite them into the conversation. give them no power, no voice, no authority, no control. instead, choose grace; knowing that grace will guide your steps and help you to find your footing as you navigate your way to the future. lean in to the fight - even when it's uncomfortable, even when it'd be easier to back down and do nothing. take your stance. there's work to do. the universe is in motion and so should be you. ❞

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          ❝ I want you to know that you do not always need to give it your 100%. You really do not. Let's be honest here, you're human and you're simply not always going to be able to. There are days when you're only able to give it your 80% or your 50% or heck, even less than 10% and THAT IS OKAY. Only skimming one paragraph, only solving one equation, only memorising five words is better than not doing anything because you have this idea in your head that things are only worth doing when you can give what you consider to be your 100%. Even a 1% is better than 0% and some days that is all you can give. Worry not because it will still add up and you will succeed. ❞
          
          
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❝ When we're in pain, people are too quick to say, 'get over it', 'move on', 'its not that bad'. But we don't get over grief by denying it. We have to feel it. We have to give it it's due. We have to dive down to the very depths of our sorrow, relive every terrible moment and endure the torture of asking what could have been and what will now be. We have to bleed out before our hearts can start beating again. ❞
                       
                       - Claudia Gray, A Million Words With You
          
          
          
          PS, I won't be online much this month because of finals. Remember to take care and give yourself the care you deserve. Drink loads of water, eat healthy and make yourself proud. I'll be back soon. Much love❤️

Is it just me or has wattpad become really dry these days like what’s going on?

❝ You are free to be who you were created to be. The world will do it's best to define you, telling you who to be, how to act and what to think - remember, every fiber of your being was designed with purpose. The way you think, communicate ideas and express yourself - it is a unique and electric combination that no one else has. Too often, we misconstrue the evolution of life. We buy into the idea that we must 'become' someone to be great but greatness is already in us. It's the core of who we are. We've to work to uncover the greatness already within us by stripping off labels and removing pressure to blend in so that we show up in the world as the purest version of ourselves - completely untainted. ❞

❝ You were not born to be ordinary. You are so beautiful, so interesting and so wonderfully unique. You hold dreams and ideas inside of you that no one else has ever thought of and that the world so desperately needs. You do not need to pretend to be anyone other than who you really are. You were never meant to be ordinary, my beautiful friend. It's time to let your wings out so you can finally soar. ❞