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❝ to be human is to be filled with emotions. let yourself free. allow yourself this necessity. instead of pushing the anger away or cowering from the envy, accept it as a part of your being. instead of telling yourself this is not who you are, give room to the negative emotions and let them pass by in a tide. we're a mix of good and bad both and sometimes, it takes experience to know. there's balance in everything. day and night. sun and rain. sky and ground. highs and lows. rise and fall. submit yourself to nature's dispense and watch yourself grow. ❞

❝ 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. ❞

❝ hey zahra. 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. ❞

❝ 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 fibre 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 is 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. ❞

❝ 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've 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

willing to pay ANYONE ANYTHING for trignometry+algebra :(

❝ look around you, look at you. there are so many good things. clean, fresh sheets. discovering bands or songs or artists that haven't been discovered by people. the smell of earth after it rains or the salty water of the beach. cafés that have all-day breakfast. great ideas that come to you in the middle of the night or when you're in the shower. new movies, new books, new friends. old movies, old books, old friends. roses and sunflowers and daises. nice smelling candles that take you to another time and place. art that get you. books that get you. songs that get you. people who get you. hand made gifts. adventures. passports because they guarantee a conversation on how 'terrible' you look in the photo. journeys, sunsets, sunrises, now. ❞

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hello everyone!! zahra here, i hope we will become great friends here :)