“I wonder what your life looks like now that you’re out of mine. Is it selfish of me to hope that I cross your mind every now and again? Maybe it is. I guess I just want to mean something to you, even though you’re no longer around. Wishing someone would consider the state of your heart even though they’ve decided to stop holding onto it. How silly is that? Regardless, I hope you’re doing okay. That’s all that really matters to me.”— Maxwell Diawuoh, Once A Day (07/11/2018)
Nothing hurts the soul as much as holding a yard sale and watching people stare, consider, and reject entire years of your life.
“I haven’t always been the best person. I haven’t always been good. I haven’t always been right. Sometimes, my words have cut instead of healed. Sometimes, I’ve been more handcuff than key. More hurricane than breeze. More poison than antidote. I can only hope that I keep growing, and keep changing for the better.”— Sometimes, you’re the toxic one. // Maxwell Diawuoh, Once A Day (07/13/2018)
Humans spend the first 18 years of their lives getting caught up to speed about what the other humans have been doing for the past few thousand years.
People say dogs are more loyal, but cats don’t tell the police where the drugs are hidden.