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How fast I can detach. Anything | love extremely deeply I'm prepared to lose. It can break my heart but I have learned how to keep going. It can seem cold, but if it takes me off my pivot..l'll cut my finger off to save my hand. I can’t lose myself again, for anything. I'll heal.

I finally understand what Machiavelli meant when he said, “Never play fair in a game where others cheat.” It doesn’t mean become evil. It means stop being naive. Stop bringing honesty to people who study manipulation, stop giving access to people who weaponize closeness, and stop expecting clean hands from people who already showed you they’ll throw dirt. Sometimes wisdom is not revenge. Sometimes wisdom is learning the rules of the room before the room uses your goodness against you.

You're allowed to be f*cking angry. Not 'frustrated.' Not 'a little upset.' Angry. The kind of angry that scares you. The kind that makes you want to break things. That anger isn't a problem. That anger is thirty years of swallowed rage finally finding a voice. You weren't allowed to be mad at the people who hurt you. So you turned it inward. Into shame. Into depression. Into a body that punishes itself for existing. It's time to aim it at the right target.

you don’t need thicker skin - you need safer environments.

You can always tell when someone has spent their entire life tearing others down and never once faced a real consequence for it. It is in the way they carry themselves. The casual cruelty that comes too easily, the complete absence of remorse, the slight surprise when someone finally pushes back. People who have never been held accountable develop a particular kind of boldness that has nothing to do with confidence and everything to do with a lifetime of getting away with it.

RT @heavenlycrys: People that dislike you and never met you a day in their life are mentally ill

WTF

“You’re so resilient!” Thanks. My other choice was dying.

i don’t dislike you, i think you’re dumb, weak, pussy & i don’t respect you, there’s a difference.

I thought about this and realized I believe people who care about you can mistreat you. For me I want to normalize saying "this treatment is unacceptable regardless of how someone feels about me" and move on from there

Narcissistic moms will want you to be struggling financially, out of shape, and depressed just so they can feel like your savior & that they’re still above you. It’s nasty work.

if you’re a sensitive woman, you better involve yourself in charity work or helping/working with children. pour all your love and nurturing into the poor, the weak, and children. it’s better than feeling motherly toward evil people just because you see the child in them.

After I heard "the devil doesn't make life harder for those who are already his" I finally understood why so many worldly people thrive, while the Godly ones suffer.

Be sure & certain about who, what, how & that man or woman u are. Identify yourself and stop allowing folks that ain't for u speak down upon u. You are all of THAT baby, Believe it Receive it & Achieve it. Today is yours day. #COACHPRIME

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i’d rather cut you off completely than limit how i interact with you. i’ve never been a half-hearted lover or a friend. never been half-anything

Predators don’t seek out weak people all the time, they seek out people who are compliant, people who have a lot of empathy and people who don’t ask questions and automatically give the benefit of the doubt because they;re projecting their own honest traits onto others who haven’t earned trust. Now, when something doesn’t feel right, I ask all the questions. When someone is lying their story will quickly start to fall apart or they’ll get agitated and start to deflect.