"and kid,
you've got to love yourself. you've got to wake up at
four in the morning, brew black coffee, and stare at the birds
drowning in the darkness of the dawn. you've got to sit next
to the man at the train station who's reading your favorite
book an start a conversation. you've got to come home after a
bad day and burn your skin from a shower. then you've got to
wash all your sheets until they smell of lemon detergent you
bought for four dollars at the local grocery store. you've
got to stop taking everything so god.d-mn personally. you are not
the moon kissing the black sky. you've got to compliment
someones crooked brows at an art fair and tell them that their
eyes remind you of green swimming pools in the middle of july.
you've got to stop letting yourself get upset about things
that won't matter in two years. sleep in on saturday mornings
and wake yourself up early on sunday. you've got to stop
worrying about what you're going to tell her when she finds
out. you've got to stop over thinking why he stopped caring
about you over six months ago. you've got to stop asking
everyone for their opinions. f-ck it. love yourself, kiddo.
you've got to love yourself."
— unknown (via irynka)