Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don’t always like.

I could tell right away that you were once a people pleaser. The remnants of it still remain, and probably always will to some extent. What’s changed is not that you don’t like to please people. What’s changed is that you’ve recognized the value of your pleasing people, causing you to put a price on it. Now, it must be earned, and will not be handed out or even made available to just anybody. There are some that will always hold your heart and for whom you will always be willing to do anything to please. but you will also put barriers up against them, not because you don’t trust them, but because you are afraid of one day being trampled by those closest to you, and that is your greatest fear. It is your greatest fear of all because you recognize how real that possibility truly is, perhaps due to your own experience or the experiences of those close to you. Regardless, this armour you have built as an external extension of you is good for you because now, a person must be willing to take arms with your armour to even stand a chance at getting a place in your life.

I am half agony, half hope.

Spend a little more time trying to make something of yourself & a little less time trying to impress people.