I Have Been Thinking The Same Way After Leaving For College. Every Time I Go Back To My Hometown, I Feel

I have been thinking the same way after leaving for college. Every time I go back to my hometown, I feel as though I am a stranger— a visitor of my own home. I hate feeling this way. My absence feels like a thick wall that continues to thicken the farther I go.

I left my father, my mother, and the town castle behind. They have gotten used to my being away, and so have I. The sheep will get used to my not being there, too.

The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

Normalize never forcing people to choose you. If someone thinks they can get better elsewhere – let them. Respectfully.

How lovely life turns out to be after you start accepting new challenges you were once scared to try.

I left my father, my mother, and the town castle behind. They have gotten used to my being away, and so have I. The sheep will get used to my not being there, too.

The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

why is it so difficult to not borrow grief from the future