With the strongest girls, there is so much more beneath the surface. 

Deep down if your heart doesn’t want it to end, maybe it’s for a reason.

If they don’t challenge you, if they let you slack on your talents and leave you uninspired or unsatisfied, be single.

Wait for the guy who knows that love isn’t shiny and perfect.

You’ll fake it, even for your closest friends - the “I’m fine” and “I’m good,” and “everything happens for a reason,” and maybe, you’ll say it so much that you’ll even start to believe it. 

She pushes through her fears the hardest - because she has the most to lose.

Coffee can actually be counter-productive for you.

Please, tell us more about what we should do with our bodies and the REAL motivations behind what we do! 

You don’t see all the ways you hurt her, because you don’t realize you’re the root of the problem.

So instead she’ll put up that protection, her armor: the I don’t care demeanor. The “I don’t need you and I never needed you.”

Wait for the friend who’s imperfect, because there’s no fun in perfection, but who never stops trying - texts checking in after your date, buying you a drink just because, never forgetting what you love, what you can’t stand, what moves you.

A toast to you for not settling, when it would be so easy to. 

But I also know they seem to only make you a priority when they know they’re about to lose you. I also know that you only seem to feel safe in their arms but when you’re apart you get anxious and restless and unsatisfied.