There will be very painful moments in your life that will change your entire world in a matter of minutes. These moments will change you. Let them make you stronger, smarter, and kinder. But don't you go and become someone that you're not.

Please don't settle. Not in a job you hate, not in a town where you don't feel at home, not with friendships that aren't real, and especially, especially not with love. Settling for just what’s easy is no way to live.

You lose them a little more every time you don't answer. You lose them a little more every time you cancel plans. You lose them a little more every time you choose someone else when the only person they’ve ever chosen is you.

Remember who you are. Without the number on the scale, your report card or your bank account. Without the amount of friends you have, or the expensive things you own. Know who you are; your raw, true self.