“YOUR BESTFRIEND BECOMES YOUR WORST ENEMY. YOUR BOYFRIEND BECOMES A PRICK. LOLLIPOPS TURN INTO CIGARETTES. THE INNOCENT ONES TURN INTO SLUTS. HOMEWORK GOES IN THE TRASH. DETENTION BECOMES SUSPENSION. SODA BECOMES VODKA. UNDIES TURN INTO G-STRINGS. KISSING TURN INTO SEX. REMEMBER WHEN GETTING HIGH MEANT SWINGING ON THE PLAYGROUND? WHEN PROTECTION MEANT WEARING A HELMET? WHEN THE WORST THINGS YOU COULD GET FROM BOYS WERE COOTIES? DAD’S SHOULDERS WERE THE HIGHEST PLACE ON EARTH AND MOM WAS YOUR HERO? YOUR WORST ENEMIES WERE YOUR SIBLINGS, RACE ISSUES WERE ABOUT WHO RAN THE FASTEST. WAR WAS ONLY A CARD GAME, THE ONLY DRUG YOU KNEW WAS COUGH MEDICINE. WEARING A SKIRT DIDN’T MAKE YOU A SLUT. THE ONLY THINGS THAT HURT YOU WERE SKINNED KNEES AND GOODBYES ONLY MEANT UNTIL TOMORROW?BUT YET WE COULDN’T WAIT TO GROW UP.”
“Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are – completely; the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different.”
(Source: soulhunting)