Her mind is incredibly quiet. It makes her smile. A genuine smile for the first time in a long, long time. Life hasn’t been good. It hasn’t even been funny. Normally she is very good at laughing at her own pain. Not as of late. Lately everything has been serious. As if any of it actually matters. As if life is a serious thing. It is wonderfully quiet, her mind. It hasn’t been this quiet since she was a child. Not since her mother was reading her a bedtime story and she heard the words but they did not register. She just listened to her mother’s voice and the sound made her feel she belonged, and so damn, utterly safe. Nobody makes her feel safe now. Life isn’t safe. Enjoy your quiet mind, stranger.
"I've been thinking a lot lately about taking chances.
And how it's really just about overcoming your fears.
Because the truth is,
every time you take a big risk in your life,
no matter how it ends up,
you're always glad you took it."
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