Scott Stabile

"Will you ever stop needing to be right?Will I ever stop needing you to be?"

"I’ve found a new kind of home in us, and I’m ready to move in for good."

"I do love you, but I can no longer wait for you to figure out how to love me in a way that makes us both feel good."

"Life changes completely when Love comes first. I don’t need to know you to love you. I’ll start by loving you and see what I come to know from there."

"If you want to change someone, start and end with yourself. You're all you've got control over.yes, other people can change.no, you can’t change other people."

"Don’t stay because you think you can change him. You can’t change him. Maybe work on changing yourself so you don’t feel compelled to stay with menlike him in the first place."

"I changed for the better when I quit expecting others to."

"I forgive you, but I won’t forget what you did…not in some threatening, I don’t really forgive you kind of way… but just because what you did was shitty and really hurt me and I can’t imagine it suddenly disappearing from my memory. In a way, it’s even cooler that I’ll remember that shitty thing you did to me, and you’ll remember that shitty thing I did to you. That means we didn’t need to forget that we hurt each other in order to love each other still. We figured out a way to forgive each other, for real, and still be friends. How beautiful, yes? Let’s never forget that, either."

"She wished she liked him more. She wished she loved him less."

"Let's never stop holding each other's hands. We all need to have our hand held sometimes."

"Vulnerability supported by love is perhaps the most powerful catalyst for real connection."

"Our differences are beautiful, yet sometimes connection requires us to focus on our similarities, like the fact that we are all trying, all struggling, all wanting to be seen and to be loved. Perhaps if we start there, with this basic understanding of what it means to be alive, we will grow in our connection to one another and learn to love the beautiful differences that embody our improbable human reality."

"Find people who can handle your darkest truths, who don’t change the subject when you share your pain, or try to make you feel bad for feeling bad. Find people who understand we all struggle, some of us more than others, and that there’s no weakness in admitting it. Find people who want to be real, however that looks and feels, and who want you to be real, too. Find people who get that life is hard, and who get that life is also beautiful, and who aren’t afraid to honor both of those realities. Find people who help you feel more at home in your heart, mind and body, and who take joy in your joy. Find people who love you, for real, and who accept you, for real. Just as you are. They’re out there, these people. Your tribe is waiting for you. Don’t stop searching until you find them."

"And then it hit me—I don’t have to participate in these toxic conversations. But if I choose to, I can set a different example. I can bring love to the moment, regardless of the response. I can choose to be kind, no matter what. My power lives in my love."

"I love you, and I know you love me too. I’m just not sure that’s enough anymore. Don’t we both deserve more than this struggle?"

"It's not enough to open your eyes. You must open your heart as well."

"Breathe deeply and remember to love."

"A little creativity can make something ordinary, extraordinary, and something extraordinary that much more so."

"We’re all going through shit. Each one of us, in our own way. Let’s remember that, when we see each other on the street,in stores, at work, and at home. Everywhere. Being human comes with lots of complications and probably too many hardships. We all struggle. So let’s be good to one another, and cut each other some slack."

"No matter what's going on, I keep coming back to the one intention that makes the most sense:Just love."