Be Inspired by Miss Stone

When you care about someone you want them to stay... isn’t it?  You hold onto things.  You hold onto memories.  You hold onto moments.  You hold on for dear life, for fear that letting go will not only sever ties but sever the cords within you that keep you together.  And it is in these painful moments that we realize sometimes we hold on too tight. Too long.  Relationships are complex.  As we grow up, we may sometimes grow apart. People deal with this in different ways.  Some process it, while others continue with life as though nothing ever happened. Some feel stuck and others allow the bitterness of a love gone by to change them. This change is often not for the better. I often wonder if people actually mean what they say when the love is pure. I say this because when the juice is sour, they tend to forget those words. They forget the sweetness of a love gone by. Instead, they hold onto the bitterness. Their palat...

We often feel entitled. We think when we are wronged, somehow, we are owed something. An apology. Retribution. Pity. Favour by the Universe. Anything. However, if we were to be honest, we really are not owed anything by others or the Universe for that matter. What we do owe to ourselves is healing.  Life happens. And by no means is this said to diminish anyone’s pain or heartache. But the sad reality is this: People will hurt us at some point. And most often, it will be people we least expected it from. This pain will cut deep. And you will weep from a place you never knew existed inside you. This pain will keep you awake at night and torture you in your sleep. But this pain will deserve to be felt.  What I have learned in my lifetime is that we are all capable of inflicting such pain on others. Sometimes we apologize and make amends. Other times we burn our bridges and move on. And in some cases, we feel that we do not owe anyone any explanation for our words or ...