Just Breathe with Melissa

09/11/2025

09/03/2025

the people who have been through the most sadness are the ones who always try their hardest to make others happy.

08/20/2025

No amount of chemistry can compensate for the psychological toll of being with someone who won’t fully choose you.

Because in a bond, chemistry alone is not enough. The spark, the attraction, the butterflies may feel exciting, but they cannot erase the pain of uncertainty. When someone keeps you half-loved, half-chosen, you carry a weight in your heart that no passion can heal. Love is supposed to feel safe. It’s supposed to bring peace, not confusion. When you are with someone who doesn’t truly choose you, you begin to question your worth, your place in their life, also even your own value. That doubt eats away at your spirit in ways no physical attraction can ever fix.

Real love is not just about sparks, it’s about consistency, loyalty, the courage to stand beside someone completely. To be chosen fully is to be seen, respected, prioritized. And if that is missing, then no amount of chemistry can make the relationship feel whole. And the truth is, when someone is not all-in, you will always feel like you’re chasing after scraps of love instead of receiving it freely. It will feel like you’re begging for something that should come naturally and over time, that emptiness becomes heavier than any connection you thought you had.

At the end of the day, the heart doesn’t just want excitement, it wants belonging. It wants a place where it doesn’t have to fight for love or wonder if it’s enough. True connection is when you are chosen every single day without hesitation. 🩶

— Dorothea.

07/04/2025

BY AGE 40 YOU SHOULD BE SMART ENOUGH TO REALIZE THIS:

1. Someone makes 10x more than you do in a 9-5 job because they have more "leverage" with their work.

2. Distraction is the greatest killer of success. It stunts and destroys your brain.

3. You shouldn't take advice from people who are not where you want to be in life.

4. No one is coming to save your problems. Your life's 100% your responsibility.

5. You don't need 100 self-help books, all you need is action and self discipline.

6. Unless you went to college to learn a specific skill (ie. doctor, engineer, lawyer), you can make more money in the next 90 days just learning sales.

7. No one cares about you. So stop being shy, go out and create your chances.

8. If you find someone smarter than you, work with them, don't compete.

9. Smoking has 0 benefit in your life. This habit will only slow your thinking and lower your focus.

10. Comfort is the worst addiction and cheap ticket to depression.

11. Don't tell people more than they need to know, respect your privacy.

12. Avoid alcohol at all cost. Nothing worse than losing your senses and acting a fool.

13. Keep your standards high and don't settle for something because it's available.

14. The family you create is more important than the family you come from.

15. Train yourself to take nothing personally to save yourself from 99.99% of mental problems.

16. If you don't separate yourself from distractions, your distractions, will separate you from your GOALS.

*Stay positive and be the real you*

Author: unknown

07/03/2025

Dear Tigger,
Some say the world
should be quiet,
like tea cooling on a windowsill,
like pages turning
in a careful book.

But you —
you are not a windowsill thing.
You are sunshine with springs.
You are laughter
before it has words.
You are the story
that jumps ahead
because it can’t wait to be told.

And that?
That is something wonderful.
Sometimes, I know,
you worry you're too much.
Too loud. Too quick.
Too everything.

You see the hush
in others and wonder
if stillness is better
than sparkle.
You think maybe you should
press yourself smaller,
fold yourself
into something less like joy.

But, Tigger,
joy was never meant to be folded.
Your bounce is a gift —
a way the world remembers
how to leap.
Your voice,
a trumpet that wakes up
the daisies.
Your light,
the kind that finds corners
where even Eeyore can smile.

You don’t have to quiet
the fizz in your feet.
You don’t have to shrink
the sun in your chest.
You were made to shimmer,
to spin, to be.
And anyone who says otherwise
has forgotten that this forest
would be far too still without you.
Even the trees laugh
when you pass.
Even the wind seems brighter
when it carries your name.

So go on.
Shine louder.
Bounce higher.
Be exactly
the too-much that you are.
Your joy is a light
that helps the rest of us
see.

Love,
Me
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poem Angi Sullins from my new book "The Fragile and the Fierce" AVAILABLE HERE: https://angisullins.com/shop-3-2/

if you missed the eeyore companion poem, it's here https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1429873874754050&set=pb.100031943546696.-2207520000&type=3

art: Eva Tea