Najwa Zebian Quotes

You seek pain as if
it’s going to save you.
You dip into sadness
as if it’s going to bring you joy.

Even when change is the logical solution that will get you the inner peace you desire, your body will resist it. That’s because your body quite literally feels safer in the presence of the source of pain than when it’s disconnected from the source of pain.

Don’t let your want replace your need, because a day will come when you will lose what you need to get what you want.

All my heart could say then was Why can’t I have that? That wasn’t the gifts. It wasn’t the clothes or the candy. That was the love. The warmth. The connection. The feeling of relevance, worth, and importance. . . . Like I actually belonged somewhere. At such a young age, I wasn’t able to label my feelings with these words. The only word I could put to what I was missing, to what I wanted, was that.

You made him king, but there was no kingdom to rule. You put suns in his sky, but the night was his home.

Please don’t make me
grieve you
while you’re still alive.

I feel that I am on the verge
of disappearing,
of surrendering into nothingness,
of accepting that I am worth
absolutely nothing
and that I deserve what happened to me.
And everything that it did to me.
I have no power.
Where do I get it from?

Women are often conditioned to believe that motherhood is the mark of womanhood... that it's the most important achievement a woman could ever accomplish. While it's okay to believe that, it's also okay not to.

Change for yourself, not just for a goal.

I can tell you the truth, but I can't make you believe it.

I loved the person that you once
were,
not the person that you are today.

You’ve already accomplished the hardest part. So keep building. Keep working on yourself.

I see how hard you’re trying. I see how hard this is on you. You are making progress. I’m proud of you. You are getting stronger every day, and you will get to the point where you can trust yourself in the decision you need to make.

At the end of the day, no one will walk your journey for you. You have to do that. At the end of the day, no one will dream for you. You have to do that.

The feeling of home is the feeling of I’m together with myself. This togetherness includes all the elements of your being. In order for you to achieve this togetherness, the foundation of your home is the most important part, because it necessitates your self-acceptance and self-awareness.