The less you respond to rude, critical, argumentative people, the more peaceful your life will become. Have faith in your journey. Everything had to happen exactly as it did to get you where you're going next. Some people pass through your lives for a season to teach us lessons that could never be learned if they stayed. When you fight to cling to people who are no longer meant to be in your life, you delay your destiny. Let them go. You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens. Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong. Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person that you are. It's not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and to make your happiness a priority. It's necessary. Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is. Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you chose your life, your didn't settle for it. You don't have to defend or explain your decisions to anyone. It's your life. Live it without apologies. - Mandy Hale

Sometimes God has to break you down to bless you up. - unknown