James R. Doty

taught me the pointlessness of wishing for a different past and the futility of worrying about all of the frightening futures over which I had no control.

Sometimes the thing you want most is just someone to tell you, tell you anything. Because that means you’re important. And sometimes it’s not that you’re not important, it’s just you’re not seen because the pain of those around you makes you invisible.

“I am worthy. I am loved. I am cared for. I care for others. I choose only good for myself. I choose only good for others. I love myself. I love others. I open my heart. My heart is open

oftentimes those who hurt people are those who hurt the most.”

oftentimes those who hurt people are those who hurt the most

If you can heal your own wounds, you don’t hurt anymore and you don’t hurt others.