Life is beautiful, but, undoubtably, it can be filled with difficult and even unbearable moments. During seasons of loss and emptiness, there may seem like there is no way of breaking through, whether you're grappling with a death of a loved one, a gut-wrenching heartbreak, or moments where you feel alone. In these tough times, for some, faith can make a difference. Perhaps you know of a friend in need of a little positivity or you're searching for strength yourself, these faith quotes—spanning a myriad of beliefs and religions—will hopefully provide some much-needed positivitywhen a relationship fails, it’s not only your heart that’s left broken. you lose the ability to believe in love, you develop trust issues with every person you meet, and in some corner of your mind, you fear being left alone again.you build a wall around yourself that none can break through because you don’t want to be weak and vulnerable anymore. Like everyone else, you also believed that love is the most bea
It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more ‘manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.”– Alex Karras…."Why are you looking at me like that?" I whispered, feeling his intense gaze on myself. Everything feels so good sitting here on the lake side with my love of life.He laughed… , and my heart fluttered."I love you so much," he said. I felt butterflies in my stomach. Every time he said this, I thanked my stars for giving him to me. I couldn't be more happy and lucky than this. I smiled at him. "I love you too."He grinned and pulled something out of his pocket.It was a ring. A beautiful ring, with a heart in the middle intertwined by an infinity sign that wraps around the band.He held it in front of me."It's so beautiful," I breathed, I couldn't see but I knew and everything given by him is beauti
Claire's povWhen I was in college, I used to see my friends having fun, enjoying their life, dating and many were having long distance relationship.Like my friend Kelsey have. She and her boyfriend were in long distance relation. I have seen her going through so many emotions.Sometimes l used to ask her how does she manages all this. She used to say one thing…love makes everything easy, but if there is no love between us, then living together can't even work. I learnt distance makes things tough. distance isn’t just kilometres, distance is the void that is created between two people because of a lot of things.emotional void, void of communication, void of trust, void of words, void of actions and to cover it all, void of understanding.it isn’t necessarily about two people who have a romantic connection, it’s about any two people who love each other and care for each other.so you might be wondering, where there’s love and care there can’t be the kind of distance i just talked ab
someone can hurt you only when they know their position in your life. a stranger can never end up hurting you because when a stranger’s behaviour irritates you, you either confront them or walk away.but what do you do when your beloved person’s behaviour hurts you? Do you stray away from your life? Or do you tell them that their presence is irritating you?you convince them to speak with you and discuss the matter, you even try to understand them, but you don’t choose to leave their side. even if their behaviour is killing you from within, you don’t let them know how you’re feeling.when someone gives efforts just to make you stay in their lives, you make sure your behaviour shouldn’t end up breaking their heart. It costs nothing to be kind to those people who treat you with kindness.you shouldn’t forget that time is like sand. once this moment slips away from your hand, then you can never get back that caring person, who once crossed oceans for you just to see your smile.value eff
No matter how beautiful, how organic, how instant, and how divine your relationship is, it will always need hard work to make it work. Look, we, humans are complicated, and our relationships are even more complicated. It’s impossible to have a relationship without its ups and downs. So please don’t get into a relationship if you are not willing to put work, effort, sweat, and tears into making it work. Because a relationship will take all that and more.The most important thing to make a relationship work is love. I know it’s obvious. But it’s very, very, very rare that people in a relationship are also in love, true love. So don’t get into any relationship or any marriage without real, true, and genuine love. But the sad truth is that even when we start with real love, the love story can go bad. How?First, you must accept the fact that you don’t own another person. Your partner is a different human being with a different brain and different soul. You must learn to respect that diffe
No things, no people , there is nothing permanent in this world. Even we ourselves are not here in this world forever. Every single thing which is being created will come to an end one fine day.The world keeps working on every single day, time keeps passing at each second and so does life goes on.The more we attach ourselves to the things we have, to the people around us and to all our material possessions, the more we will be disappointed. The more we will feel hurt at the time when it's gone forever. All our possessions, our wealth, our relationships, the people around us and the ones attached to us, the things we like, our successes, our failures, our current circumstances, the situation in which we are today.. Nothing will stay forever. If we analyse it carefully, all these things just plays various roles in the journey of our life and in the process, we grow old and our life comes to an end. Are we going to carry anything from these with ourselves when our life ends and we will
She did not grow up, wanting to find a prince. She was happy in her little world. She liked little things, but she had big dreams, some scary dreams. But despite all that, she fell in love. She felt defenseless. She felt vulnerable. And love made her heart swing. Reluctantly, she fell deeper and deeper into love. And it was all heaven at first. That feeling, that touch, those words, that smile, and that kiss, it all felt heaven. And before she knew it, she was imagining a love story in her head, a perfect love story that she read in novels and saw on screen. She built that dream in her head. And she poured every inch of her soul into that dream.But then, life broke her. She was left heartbroken. She could not accept for a long time that this actually happened to her. She lived in denial for months that it was just a phase and they will be back. But there was no coming back from that hell. She sunk deeper and deeper into that hole. And it felt so helpless and so frustrating. Nothing h
What makes relationship stronger is nothing but 'Memories'. Everything in this earth is controlled by memories. Actually, love is also nothing but a memory. You have to cherish old things, the things which ones made you laugh, which made you happy, which cured you, and the ones which made you fall in love. The one who fantasize these old memories time to time never gets bored of his/her relationship.Love is nothing but a memory.This is something really true. If you were to forget everything just after they happened, you would have never fell in love with someone. People think about someone. Someone whose words, voice or actions touched their soul. Those flashbacks keep coming in their mind, that specific memory of that ‘someone’ makes them fall in love.So, instead of finding things to light up your relationship, you should sometimes cherish those old thoughts, make your partner think about those things, and for sure your bond would get stronger.Also it's not possible that everyone
As we approached the house, I noticed that the fences around it had a lot of climbers with different colors of flowers hanging on every fence. The gate was changed to a big arch iron gate with a lot of alba together with rosa paul's Himalayan musk scramblers hanging on it. The combination of the white and pink colors of their flowers mixed with their heavenly scent were making the whole entrance look homey and welcoming. I thought I could see Brandon there as soon as we finally entered the house but he was nowhere to be found. Cross' mother welcomed me with a warm smile like the first time I came here.."Mr. Rodriguez instructed me to let you rest first" She informed me. We're currently in the room where Brandon and I occupied before. I wanted to protest and ask her more questions but she already left after telling me to rest before we eat lunch.I was about to sit on the bed when I noticed a note at the center of it. I gingerly took it and I felt so relieved when I read what's writt
Claire's pov "I want you...now" He whispered in my ear and teasingly bit it which sent an electric-like wave coarse through my whole body. He kissed me again like he couldn't get enough of me. Yes, we got back together again but we haven't been intimate because of his condition."B-But you're not totally healed yet" I answered when he finally let go of my lips.He smirked and to my surprise, he swiftly pulled me onto his lap. My breath went ragged when I felt his raging manhood poking through his mesh shorts. His hands landed on my butt and guided me to grind my center against his raging hard-on. I instantly felt the wetness between my legs as I complied and voluntarily moved my hips to continue grinding on him. He was so hard and it felt like he was about to burst any moment now. It's been so long since we last made love and I would be just a hypocrite if I wouldn't admit how much I wanted him right now. Just feeling his warmth like this is making me surrender to his touch.But th
Claire's pov A splash of ice cold water was thrown on me making my eyes fly open, a loud unpleasant gasp slipped from my lips. My head felt heavy, my muscles tense and sore. I blinked several times trying to open my eyes from the water that was irritating my eyes.I heard a dry and cruel chuckle when my ear suddenly worked and there was not an echo of a wired sound in my head. I peered my eyes open only to be met by darkness, a lamp hanging above me as it gave a small view of the room. A shiver ran through my body as my eyes gazed around the room.Suddenly the damp light became stronger and stronger until it revealed more of the room I was imprisoned in. I looked in horror at the stone cold four walls. There was no sign of one small window. The room was cold. Extremely cold, it made the shiver on my skin appear. My nose cringed at the horrible musty smell, it made me want to vomit."And our beautiful Claire is finally awake." A deep voice was heard from behind the shadows.My eyes ca
Claire's pov I grew up thinking that life should be lived in a certain way. I was taught like that. Love was defined for me. So were friendships. I was told that you should love only after settling down. And then how you should get married to the love of your life and live happily ever after. But I have lived long enough to realize that all that is bullshit. That’s not life. That’s just a user manual created by society. They define what’s right. They define what’s wrong. It’s all just about them and their forced guidelines on you. Honestly, I am sick of living as per their standards. I want to break free. And I have. I don’t decide right or wrong by their moral compass. I think for myself, and I do it. And I do it only when I feel like it, only when it makes me happy. I have just one reason to do anything in my life, happiness. If it makes me happy, I will do it no matter what. And if it does not make me happy, then do whatever the hell you want, but I won’t do it.Let’s talk about l
It's been almost a month since that horrific day and I still couldn't believe what happened. I never thought I would feel such kind of fear in my life. That time while they were reviving Brandon, I thought I was going to lose my sanity and didn't know what to do. Just thinking about losing him made me want to take my own life too.If it wasn't because of the support of Mrs Davis and my mother, I would've really lost it."Hey, what are you thinking?" I was pulled out of my reverie when I heard that voice. I looked at him and I still couldn't believe that we're together again. Thankfully, he survived and now, we're here at the penthouse again; happily living together. I looked at him. He's still using a crutch but at least, he's almost healed completely. The bandage on his head has been removed too. He still has some visible scratches and all but at least he's out of the hospital now.His left foot was the only part of him that needed extra care because it was still not healed yet.He
Tears kept on falling from her eyes while sitting there silently. Oh god! Please save Brandon. I wouldn't be able to survive life without him…She kept on praying hard. Her hands were entwined together tightly. Her body trembling because of fear and worry for Brandon. "Don't worry, Claire. He is going to be fine.*?" She heard Mrs Davis say this to her. She bit her lower lip when a whimper escaped her lips."This..is my fault." "What are you saying??" "You don't understand …" she cried on her chest for she didn't know how long before she finally pulled herself together. "Are you sure you are okay?" Mrs Davis asked her as she stared at her belly."Don't get too emotional, Claire. Think about your baby. You know this is not good for you. You need to be strong." Her hands atomically went to her belly and caressed it."I'm sorry baby, That Mommy's like this." She cried. But then she quickly wiped the tears off.Branson was still inside. They didn't know how long they had been waiting f
Claire heard Fred's words and she ran towards her room while Fred was calling her from behind. She realized she had to be careful with her baby also, so she slowed down and walked to the room and saw the most dreadful scene in front of her eyes. Brandon was lying on the bed, his shirt was covered with blood, and so were his hands, some blood was still oozing out of his leg and a man was trying to tie a bandage, he had his eyes closed. Everyone was so scared right now, they have never seen their boss in this condition. With trembling condition, she entered the room but couldn't say anything. She was just standing there quietly looking at him, constantly. Soon Fred entered followed by a doctor, Mrs. Davis also came with Shira and she gasped to tears seeing his deathly condition. The doctor examined him, and he has been shot in 2 places, one is on the chest and the other on the leg. It was a regular thing to witness blood, guns and these fights for them, but Brandon always got out saf
Claire's heart stopped and she felt her life being shattered, but Antonio pulled her back before she could touch the ground. She felt a harsh pull and she sat on the couch, breathing heavily. Her eyes brimmed with tears, and she was looking pale. Her hand instantly went to her belly, feeling her baby to know that her baby is fine. Before she could recover from this shock, Antonio pulled out his gun and put it on her belly, grabbing her arm hard."What are you…" She winced in pain, he pulled her harshly. She was feeling so humiliated and disrespected. Brandon and his whole man group has always treated me with so much respect, this is so different and not acceptable for her."Did you like the teaser…of what I could do??"He asked her."If you said a single word….A fucking single word then I'm going to chop your brother in pieces and your this child too…."He hissed in anger to her. "I'm Brandon's wife, be in your limits…If he gets to know about it.." She was talking and they started to
"Claire agreed" As soon as words slipped from Grace's mouth, Antonio punched hard on the table and laughed evilly seeing his plan succeed. Now Brandon's most trusted person will betray him, and break his trust. That's going to be fun! "I can't wait to see her crying as I did, as my family did…" Grace said feeling anger and hatred in her heart for Claire. She was always a good friend to her, but because of Claire, her family was destroyed. Brandon kills her father and brother, and she is happily living her life with that criminal.No, with their plan Brandon and Claire both ruin each other, and that will be the perfect revenge for them.Grace knew that Antonio is an enemy of Brandon, by Jason. So she herself contacted Antonio to help her to take her revenge. She can't sit calmly knowing the murderer of her father and brother is living his life full of fun and enjoyment. So then made the whole plan to manipulate her against Brandon. They lied to her about the kidnapping of her family