Simple truths

Focus on some simple truths,
live by them
and the bad days are gone.

Start by making peace
with your past,
so it doesn't spoil
your present.

What others think of you
is none of your business.
No one is the reason
of your happiness, except you.

Time heals almost everything,
give the time, some time.
Don't compare your life with others,
you have no idea what their journey is all about.

Smile, you don't own
all the problems in the world.
Stop thinking too much,
it's alright not to know all the answers.

Most importantly, don't forget these:
Work like you don't need money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like no one's watching.

Take care

Are you controlled
by someone or something?
In life you will find
people with many opinions,
you can choose to follow those
or make your own.

You are allowed
to terminate a toxic relationship.
You are allowed
to walk away from people who hurt you.
You are allowed
to be angry, selfish and unforgiving.

Know that you can
take your life in your hands
and decide what's best
or which opinions are worth.
You don't owe anyone an explanation
for taking care of yourself.

Let go

Sometimes you just have
to turn the page,
to realize there is more
to your book of life
than the page you're stuck on.

Stop being afraid to move on.
Close this chapter of hurt
and never re-read it again.
It's time to get
what your life deserves
and just move on from the things
that don't deserve you.

Don't spend your days
trying to correct your past,
instead let go ...
and let God creat
something better for your future.

I make this choice,
to finally let you go
because I can't stand
this pain anymore.
It's time,
for the last tear to fall
and for the smile to return.

Sometimes

Life is full of perhaps,

what if and sometimes.

All the perhaps

make us question and wonder.

All the what if

make us regret and change.

All the sometimes

make us imporve and value.

That's why we understand

life and ourselves better,

because sometimes smilling 

is the greatest act of defiance.

Sometimes asking for help

is the most meaningfull example of self-reliance.

Sometimes the best medicine

is to just laugh until you cry.

Sometimes the greatest wisdom

comes from accepting you.

Sometimes just going to bed

is the best antidote to trials and tribulations.

Sometimes just being blessed

is to get up again

and face it all for one more day. 

This is worthy of celebration,

because it makes you believe.

Believe that your weirdness

will make you make stronger and unique,

that your dark side

will keep you whole,

that your vulnerability

will conect you to

the rest of one suffering world,

that your creativity

will set you free.

Fill life, mostly, with sometimes

and believe that there's 

nothing wrong with you.

Todos

Todos temos sonhos
e vivemos na esperança
de que um dia se concretizem.
Todos temos amizades
e todos os dias as alimentamos,
mas nem sempre são o que esperávamos.
Todos temos desejos
e procuramos satisfazê-los
mesmo que fiquemos vazios.
Todos temos opiniões
e queremos que sejam ouvidas
quando pensamos ter razão.
Todos queremos um final feliz
e centramos energias no fim
acabando por desvalorizar o caminho.
Todos querem o sucesso e poder
fazendo de tudo para os obter
perdendo o que são.
Todos querem sinceridade
no momento de avaliação
mas não estão preparados para a verdade.
Todos vêm em si defeitos
de tal forma que as qualidades
parecem não existir.
Todos dizemos não usarmos a falsidade
e sem nos apercebermos
acolhemos-a de braços abertos.

Eu sou como todos os outros.
Acabo por fazer más escolhas,
arrependo-me de ter dito,
choro por ter confiado,
desvalorizo-me constantemente,
entristeço por não alcançar
e sinto inveja por não ter.
Eu não sou tão doce
quanto todos pensam,
nem tão azeda como gostaria,
sou curiosa em demasia,
desconfiada, temperamental e teimosa,
tenho coração mole, sangue quente
e insisto na mania de todos
em acreditar nos sonhos,
finais felizes e pessoas sinceras!

Aprendi

Aprendi que o tempo cura,
que as mágoas passam
e que a decepção não mata.
Aprendi que o hoje
é reflexo de ontem,
que os verdadeiros amigos
sempre permanecem
e que os falsos
acabam por se ir embora.
Aprendi que a dor fortalece,
que sonhar não é fantasiar.
Aprendi que a beleza
não está no que vemos
e sim no que sentimos.
Aprendi que viver
é, simplesmente, sensacional.
Por isso uso as dificuldades
para poder crescer,
não para perder a coragem.
Por isso continuo a levantar-me
até que a vida se canse
de me derrubar,
porque para os fracos
a queda é motivo para desistir,
mas para os fortes
é motivo para tentar de novo.

Moments in Life

We should not be mending
what we have lost
rather celebrating
what we have found.

I know you're scared right now,
maybe you miss someone,
maybe someone hurt you,
maybe you're not quite sure
of who you are or what you want.

I know you're confused
because that feeling you want back,
the one where it doesn't seem
like the whole world is against you,
seem to be gone.

Believe that it's still here,
it never really left
and one day soon you will realise
that the only person
who can find it again is you.

That will be the day
you understand that you can't
change someone
who doesn't see an issue
in their actions.

Then you will finally say
I'm stronger
because of the hard times,
I'm smarter
because of my mistakes,
I'm happier
because of the sadness I've known,
I'm wiser
because I learned this lesson.

Being defeated is often
a temporary condition,
giving up is wat makes it permanent.
So don't forget that pain is temporary
and quiting lasts forever.