"Audris, I taught you better than that. You of all people should know that life’s never easy. If it was, you would never learn what it means to not give up. You don’t give up. School’s never always come that easy to you, but from the day you were born your mom and I both believed you could do anything you wanted to do. It’s not easy and it never will be, but don’t worry about what other people are doing or what other people think. You always worry too much about other people. You don’t learn for other people, you learn for you. I’m sorry you’ve felt like you’ve disappointed yourself, but don’t be upset because you’ve disappointed someone else, because they don’t matter. You matter. You’re young, you’re smart, you’ll learn. This is all a part of the process. Of course I believe in you, what kind of father would I be if I didn’t? Now don’t worry about calling home about these things. Just don’t give up. You’ll get there, don’t worry so much about that. Just don’t give up."
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my dad
he’s not without his flaws, but in some ways my dad is perfect.
I have the best mom in the world.
After texting my mom about my extraordinarily exhausting week last night, I wake up to this message from her on my phone:
“Life is not easy, we are trained through hardship, the harder it is, the stronger that we turn to. Always look at the long term that we will benefit. We love you.”
Even though her english isn’t perfect, this is still one of the most beautiful things I have ever read.
I have the best mom in the world.
Ask Amy: “What do you do when you get stressed?” (x)
"Human beings do dumb shit. You do dumb shit. She does dumb shit. Everyone does dumb shit. Then, every once in a while, we have a moment where we don’t do dumb shit, and then we throw a goddamned parade and we forget all the dumb shit we did. So what I’m saying to you is, don’t do something, or not to something, to punish someone because you think they did something dumb. Do what you want to do, because its what you want to do."
if i could give one piece of advice to my high school self
it would be this:
self worth isn’t defined by how much others approve of you or like you. it’s based off whether or not you like yourself. don’t interpret others approval of you and your actions as a sign that you’re doing things right. because, at the end of the day, you don’t have to answer to anyone else. you just have to answer to yourself.
