Learn to tolerate less.

Honestly being back home feels more and more like a test to my personality, the more I stay the more I hate the person I am, I feel the gap between who I am and who my surrounding drags me to be. I find myself constantly asking “why did I just do that?” “why did I say that? that was so unnecessary.” and I genuinely hate it!

“ድስት ግጣሙን አያጣም”

I’m so blessed besmeam, uffey🤲🏽

God is so beautiful. He made us so intricately, in a world so big he paid so much attention to the details on each and everyone of us, in everything we’re surrounded by and for everyone individually to be as they are. To hold and be ‘beauty’.

In, out and all around me, endlessly grateful to it all🤲🏽

Honestly, someday I hope I’m able to put into words these overwhelming feelings of love and happiness and gratefulness and just being so so so full of faith in everything. Right now all I can really say is, choose to love and be loved; consequences be damned, choose to be light and soft and don’t let this world mould you into something you don’t wanna be, choose to be happy and see life in rose colored lenses because you deserve to live through that, choose to find your happiness within, without and all around you, choose to be grateful for all that you are and love yourself and the world around you, choose to notice what your life actually is and step into your life. As stupid as it sounds, tomorrow is never promised so choose to be who you want to be and be today. You are one. You are only. You are you. Experience you the way you’re meant to be experienced.

forgiving people feels so freeing, not having to carry the weight of you even in the form of anger is so relieving.

You have to first “be” before you “become”

A little piece of Cyprus that I’ll miss. Sitting right where I am, I’ve cried, laughed, fallen in love, wanted to drop out of school, had endless fights, kissed someone, found stolen moments, taken endless sunset photos, grieved, considered ending my life, sat down and found peace, journaled heartbreaking parts of my life, talked to God, made beautiful memories, and so much more. As I start this series of memorable places in Cyprus that have made me who I am today, I’m so grateful for all the memories, all the beautiful moments, all the love, all the sadness, all the joy, all the everything, I’m so endlessly grateful to it all.

Pieces of Cyprus I’ll miss pt. 2. If I had to pick “my spot” this would be it. In this beautiful cafe I learned to sit still and be with myself, to enjoy my company, that taking myself out on dates is just as important as any other date. Before this cafe, I used to be so anxious sitting out alone, have a coffee or a meal alone. I’ve come here to study for my exams, to sit with my feelings, to share my spot with people I once held close to my heart, to read my books, to runaway from thoughts of my future, to journal, to cry from just how much I missed my mom, to see the chubby cat that’s always there, to just be. This one feels bittersweet to have to let go of, I will truly miss this beautiful place.

I walk in the light of God, I’m untouchable.