February 2012
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If I ever have a daughter...
She will always know how gorgeous she is
There will be no scales in the house
The word ‘diet’ and ‘fat’ will be like swear words
I never want her feeling like I do.
bigdreamslittlewaist:
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“What I know is this: I chose recovery. It was a conscious decision, and not an...”
– Marya Hornbacher (via nix-pixiestix)
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“Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and...”
– Barbara Kingsolver (via julie911)
ahh, the duality of emotions and living in the grey areas.
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“It hurts to let go. Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold on to...”
– Henry Rollins (via julie911)
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“Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared,...”
– Melody Beattie (via shetakesflight)
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“I know my head isn't screwed on straight. I want...
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
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“What matters is not your outer appearance—the styling of your hair, the jewelry...”
– 1 Peter 3:3-4 (The Message translation)
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“Get off the scale! You are beautiful. Your beauty, just like your capacity for...”
– Steve Maraboli (via pro-recovery)
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“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try...”
– Louise L. Hay (via reachingforrecovery)
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"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest...
mylifewithanorexia
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“You are not your bra-size, nor are you the width of your waist, nor are you the...”
– Boyghost: nancylicious :sexisbeautiful (via sunnythunderstorms)
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“But, as bad as it was, I learned something about myself. That I could go through...”
– Nicholas Sparks, Dear John (via simply-quotes)
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“Hiding your hurt only intensifies it. Problems grow in the dark and only become...”
– Purpose Driven Life Book (via daylight-dreams)
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I want to cry when I read these... →
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“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and...”
– Paulo Coelho (via danseurs)
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“Missing someone isn’t about how long it has been since you have seen them or the...”
– Author Unknown (via julie911)
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“You find a way, somehow, to get through the most horrible things, things you...”
– “The Year of Fog” by Michelle Richmond (via julie911)
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“‘The story of my recent life.’ I like that phrase. It makes more sense than ‘the...”
– Mitch Albom (via julie911)
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“We all have the power to change our negative thinking. You may not be able to...”
– Josie Tuttle (via a-recovered-life)
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“We all have the power to change our negative thinking. You may not be able to...”
– Josie Tuttle (via a-recovered-life)
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“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with...”
– Michael Jackson (via shetakesflight)
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“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t...”
– Gilda Radner (via kari-shma)
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““Nothing is permanently perfect.
But there are perfect moments.
And the will...”
– Mary Balogh
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“Your hurt. Your anger. Your pain. Your sorrow. Your frustrations. These are all...”
– I Wrote This For You: The Gift (via mymindinrealtime)
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“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won’t tell them that...”
– Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (via modularized)
you have what you have!
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“You can not avoid pain, but you can chose to overcome it.”
– Paulo Coelho (via sweetlydeceptive)
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“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives...”
– Brene Brown (via shetakesflight) (via insight-inspiration)
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“Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.”
– Brene Brown (via shetakesflight)
THIS! OVER AND OVER AND OVER, AGAIN.
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“Over the last few hours I’ve allowed myself to feel defeated, and just like she...”
– ― Tori Amos, Death: The High Cost of Living (via shetakesflight)
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“Risk more than others think is safe, care more than others think is wise, dream...”
– Cadet Maxim (via shetakesflight)
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“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us...”
– E.E. Cummings (via shetakesflight)
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“Perhaps we don’t like what we see: our hips, our loss of hair, our shoe size,...”
– Sufjan Stevens (via shetakesflight)
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“The first key [to recovery] is hope, motivation and patience. You need to know...”
– Carolyn Costin (via shetakesflight)
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With every passing day, Tests seem to come my way. And there, when I conquer, I grow ever stronger.
lojo1815:
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“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”
– Lewis Smedes (via internal-acceptance-movement)
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“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts,...”
– Shel Silverstein (via optionsoflife)
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Recognize that everyday won't be sunny. And...
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“Never, never underestimate the power of desire. If you want to live badly...”
– Marya Hornbacher in Wasted (via a-recovered-life)
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“And that’s how I know it must be really hard for her. She tends to struggle...”
– Peyton Sawyer
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“It’s not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What’s hard, she...”
– “Bittersweet” by Shauna Niequist
Tips on How to Fight for Eating Disorders Health... →
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“There’s always going to be bad stuff out there. But here’s the amazing thing -...”
– Jodi Picoult