It is a fight to let go of a past that refuses to withdraw its sticky tentacles from your present.

To love is to accept a soul entirely, not wishing that the person was otherwise, nor hoping for change, nor clinging to some ideal past. To love is to cherish the individual standing before you presently―charms, quirks, and all. To love is to give someone a piece of your heart that you will never, ever reclaim.

Was mutual need enough to risk trusting a calculated enemy in hopes of destroying a more powerful one?

It's advice, not a commandment.Don't swallow it whole until you're absolutely sure you've been given good, healthy advice.

When my problems seem overwhelming and impossible to solve, I hold fast to these facts: God is real, He is right, and He cares.

Imagine fantasy and pretend as neither fantastical nor pretended.....And then believe it.