“There’s a difference between challenging yourself and overwhelming yourself. It’s okay to go at your own pace, okay?"

It's natural in some regard, but therefore easier in the moment, to become the person who hurt you. However, if you look at the things people do to hurt you with disdain then why on Earth should you wanna be anything at all like them? It takes far more guts and grit to let karma sort that shit out because it may take a long time, but it is sure to happen. Patience is a virtue worth developing and having. It took me almost 40 years to also learn that I wanted to be on the right side of karma. Plus I know that hurting others because they hurt me only causes more hurt to me. So in essence that is hurting oneself. People do enough hurting that I just don't believe that I need to join with them against me, who I am and want to be, and what I believe in at the core which is to strive to not be like them! Walking away from things not meant for you is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself! It may hurt like hell in the beginning, but you will thank yourself later that you didn't show up to hurt yourself more!

“There’s a difference between challenging yourself and overwhelming yourself. It’s okay to go at your own pace, okay?” —cwote #ThingsToNeverForget

artwork by Georgia Theologou