Kirsten Corley

Once you break through the walls they put up you’ll find a hopeless romantic, but it’s a side that few get to see.

They force blame on you for things that aren’t actually your fault.

But then you meet a good guy. And when that happens that’s when you realize how negatively this past relationship has affected you.

Appreciates everything you do.

If you ask questions and not just talk about yourself.

The truth is when you come across a love that stops choosing you, that’s not a love that was going to last.

The thing about strong women is they don’t need you.

Until then. Stay single.

When it comes to relationships, I always use the image and metaphor of a bridge to describe them. Imagine yourself walking across this bridge and stopping halfway.

People often associate those in toxic relationships with someone who is weak. Someone who doesn’t have enough self-respect to walk away. Someone who is tolerating a lot less than they deserve.

Anxiety is the restless nights of sleep, as you toss and turn. It’s your brain never being able to shut off.

I still remember exactly how horrible it felt to watch love leave like I was to blame for some ending that blindsided me.

I always tried incredibly hard to get people to like me as if I had something to prove. But the more I tried; the more people didn’t.

When we love someone, I don’t think it’s the kind of thing that ever entirely goes away even when that person does. It would be a beautiful thing to see love reciprocated every time.

Sometimes my most anxious moments feel like it’s a boxing match of me vs. my mind and when I allow myself to go down the rabbit hole of negative thoughts, what happens is self-doubt.

And when you choose to love, I hope it’s the kind of thing that feels like Saturday mornings in baggy clothes making waffles in the kitchen as your song plays in the background.

It isn’t your job to always be the strong one, and people shouldn’t expect that of you.

Anyone who doesn’t choose you cannot possibly be meant for you. It seems like an easy concept. But when the heart is involved, logic and reasoning don’t matter.