- Desi.girl -

I had a professor in college who used to start solving every problem with the same dialogue.

Proff: What’s the first step to solving any problem? Class: Don’t panic. Proff: And why is that? Class: Because we know more than we think we do.

I think about that a lot tbh. It didn’t occur to me until much later that he meant for us to apply that dialogue outside of the classroom to any problem. Because we always know more than we think we do. We are all an amalgam of random information that ends up being relevant with surprising frequency.

YEAH

Trauma didn't make me nice, I consciously made me nice because I don't want anyone else to suffer like I did. Trauma didn't make me strong, I made me strong. Don't you dare ever tell me my trauma made me anything but scared, broken, and confused. Don't give credit to the abusers for me being a good person. They didn't make me good, I made myself good.

[ID: handwriting that reads “ask for what you want and be prepared to get it”]

— Bob Schieffer

You are more interesting than you think. You have more creative thoughts, more cool opinions, more nieche interests than you realize. You have bright, curious eyes, to some people an open book, to some people a complete mystery. The tone of your voice, a very special melody, the color of your eyes a palette so endearing. There is nothing ordinary, nothing predictable about you, you are the main character in your own story, everyone can see, how wonderful you are.