Without trust, the relationship has begun to feel like a burden, like a threat that must be monitored and questioned rather than enjoyed - Mark Manson

You should never be ashamed of who you once were. You should never be ashamed of who you aspire to be.

No, being heroic is the ability to conjure hope where there is none. To strike a match to light up the void. To show us a possibility for a better world — not a better world we want to exist, but a better world we didn’t know could exist. To take a situation where everything seems to be absolutely fucked and still somehow make it good.

Accept this: You don't have to prove anything to anybody, ever. Including yourself.