charm_wanderer

Limit your words in insulting others, because sometimes the words you are using to insult them is the best word to describe you.

Dusk_Haven

@charm_wanderer I agree!!
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charm_wanderer

Sometimes, you need to be strong for yourself. 
          
          Remember that you’re a good person and a great friend. 
          
          What’s meant to be will work out, and what isn’t, won’t. 
          
          Relationships are worth fighting for, but it’s important to remember you can’t be the only one putting in the effort. 
          
          People need to fight for you, too. 
          
          If they don’t, it’s okay to move on and recognize that you gave more than they were ready to give back. 
          
          Great things deserve to be appreciated, and hopefully, others see that in you. 
          
          Always give your best, but also know when it’s time to let others meet you halfway.

charm_wanderer

I want to be friends with people who get me, even when I’m not great at explaining myself. 
          
          Friends who can have a good time together but also support each other when things aren’t going well. 
          
          I want friends who won’t judge but will be honest with me when I need to hear it. 
          
          People who push me to grow, but don’t expect me to be perfect. 
          
          I want friendships where we can count on each other, no matter the situation, and where we don’t just show up when things are easy but stick around when they’re tough too.

charm_wanderer

What happens when I’m no longer enough? 
          
          When I give everything I have, but it still doesn’t matter, when I can’t meet expectations or hold onto what’s important? 
          
          What would the world label me as then? 
          
          Would I become invisible, just another face in the crowd, forgotten and overlooked? 
          
          It’s hard to imagine that, after all I’ve put into trying, I might be seen as nothing more than someone who didn’t measure up. 
          
          It’s a fear that stays with me, the idea that one day, no matter how hard I try, I might not be enough for anyone.

charm_wanderer

"It's just a joke. You're too serious."
          
          No, you don’t understand. 
          
          It’s not funny to me. 
          
          Your words stay with me, even when you forget them. 
          
          They make me doubt myself, make me feel small. 
          
          Maybe it’s just a joke to you, but to me, it hurts. 
          
          I wish you could see how much it affects me, but you don’t. 
          
          You laugh, and I’m left trying to pretend it doesn’t matter when it really does.

charm_wanderer

“Be the bigger person.”
          
          No. 
          
          That won’t always be the case for me. 
          
          Why should I always be the one trying to understand them, when it’s only ever made things worse for me? 
          
          I get drained, too, and there’s only so much of me to give. 
          
          My patience has limits, and I’ve run out of the strength to always make space for their mistakes. 
          
          It’s exhausting to keep swallowing the hurt and pretending I’m okay. 
          
          Sometimes, I wonder why I should keep trying when all it’s ever done is make me feel smaller. 
          
          Maybe it’s time to stop being the bigger person and start putting myself first, because I’ve been losing myself in trying to hold everyone else together.