Qu0tesque - Christina

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

Maya Angelou (via feellng)

Don’t compare your actual self to a hypothetical self. Don’t drown in a sea of “what if’s”. Don’t clutter your mind by imagining other versions of you, in parallel universes, where you made different decisions. The internet age encourages choice and comparison, but don’t do this to yourself. “Comparison is the thief of joy” said Theodore Roosevelt. You are you. The past is the past. The only way to make a better life is from inside the present. To focus on regret does nothing but turn that very present into another thing you will wish you did differently. Accept your own reality. Be human enough to make mistakes. Be human enough not to dread the future. Be human enough to be, well, enough. 

(unknown source)

We are gathered here today because SOMEBODY *glares at coffin* couldn’t stay alive.

On my journey I've come to realize so much of what lives inside of us that creates roadblocks and insecurities for us doesn't even belong to us. It comes from other people. Our mothers. Our fathers. Our first serious relationship. The people that didn't show up. Other people's pain. Other people's fears. So I am becoming more fearless. More in touch with what is mine and what I want to hold inside of me -what I want to believe in and create! I am becoming aware of what I want to let go of... especially those things that were given to me by people living in fear. I am becoming more open, more in love with myself and becoming able to let go of anything that doesn't serve the endless possibility within me.

Alicia Keys (on an instagram post)