A bit delayed I know, but better late than never, right? February had this fantastic energy and it really felt like society was making strides towards improving issues with equality. Hopefully, this positive tone continues for the rest of the year! Plus, some advice about love because Valentine’s Day happened. To me, February shouldn’t just be a month about celebrating your love for others, but your love for yourself, so there’s some words to encourage you to be who you are.

“We have permission to be anything.” – Gwyneth Paltrow 

Seen in her interview with Glamour. 

“If you hang out with chickens, you’re going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly.” – Steve Maraboli

“People say I love you all the time – when they say, ‘take an umbrella, it’s raining,’ or ‘hurry back,’ or even ‘watch out, you’ll break your neck.’ There are hundreds of ways of wording it – you just have to listen for it, my dear.” – John Patrick

Seen on Soul Pancake’s tumblr.

Don’t you dare
Shrink yourself
For someone else’s comfort
Do not become small
For people who refuse to grow.

Seen on my tumblr dashboard, it reminded me of something Amandla Stenberg said in her interview with Solange for her Teen Vogue cover. 

“The truth is this: No one stays the same forever. Girls grow up, and sometimes we do it with a bang.”

Seen on Crushing the Teen Dream on rookiemag.com.