I had to ask myself why I'm continuing to engage in behavior I knew hurt. What was my payoff? Did it confirm my belief I was not enough? Did I think I needed to suffer? Did I think I could save him? Why not save myself instead? What a miserable realization that I knew all of this yet failed to take action. Paula Heller Garland
You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.
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William W. Purkey
Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence.
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Unknown
If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.
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Shannon L. Alder
Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation?
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Becca Fitzpatrick
I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.
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Nina Lacour
More Quotes By Paula Heller Garland
I may not always like at times, but life is a beautiful blend of joy, tragedy and dreams. If not for one, I could not have the other.
All of the years I spent trying to be someone you could be proud of would have been better spent being proud of myself for who I already was.
Life became more aligned when I started taking some of the advice I'd been dishing out to my friends.
Don't forget to pause and nourish yourself a bit along the way. When you're born to help others sometimes you forget to help yourself.
You can't sweep something broken into a bag and call it whole. It takes repair.
