The practice of assertiveness means acting. Act as if you are already the healthiest person you can be. Do not wait until you feel better about yourself or until you believe you have what it takes. Act as if you are self-actualised and your beliefs will follow suit. Act while you fear rather than waiting until you feel unafraid. “Acting as if” is a form of playfulness. Play successfully combines contrasts and opposites. When we act as if we are already more advanced than we imagine ourselves to be, we are creatively playing with an old, habitual self-image and welcoming a new self that wants to emerge. This new self is encouraged into existence by the image we are displaying when we “act as if.”

David Richo, How to Be an Adult (via paperieandpen)

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Going after a dream has a price. It may mean abandoning our habits, it may make us go through hardships, or it may lead us to disappointment. But however costly it may be, it is never as high as the price paid by people who didn’t live.

Paulo Coelho (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

Let’s borrow life preservers and jump over. I think we should do something spectacular. I feel that all our lives have been too restrained.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night
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A healthy relationship is one where two independent people just make a deal that they will help make the other person be the best version of themselves.

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THIS JESUS CHRIST

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