You cant give the world

You cant give the world

 to someone when they are only ready

 for a city!

- JL Ford -

1 always comes before 2

1 always comes before 2.
No matter how fond you are of your partner,
love you self enough
NOT to give your SELF a marriage
that doesn't make sense.
 - J.L.Ford

Accept responsibility

Accept responsibility for everything in your life,

EVERYTHING!

That's the starting line for a prosperous future.

                                                                                                                                                  - J.L.Ford

People say they want success

"People say they want success,
 but they won't even open up a book to learn how
 to get it." - J.L.Ford

But I will not give up.

I have been cheated on, lied to, stabbed in the back, and abused—verbally, mentally, and emotionally… but I will not give up.
I have been drained, broken, torn apart, and severely wounded… but I will not give up.
I have been used, neglected, taken for granted, mocked, and laughed at… but I will not give up.
I have been drained, I have been broken, my heart has suffered many cuts as well as devastating blows, and I have experienced many headaches and heartaches… but I will not give up.
I have given time to confusion, I have been left disappointed, and there was the one occasion wherein I all but lost my mind… but I will not give up.
I have made my mistakes and I have slept in the hard beds made by them, I have found comfort in a place of sorrow, and I have covered myself in the blankets of fear… but I will not give up.
My knees are stained by scars as I have fallen to my knees several times, I have prayed until I had no more words to offer to God, I have soaked pillows with tears, I have cried out from the depths of my soul, and I have ached from every part of my being. Yet still, I will not give up.
I will never give up. Because I know that the breath I use to utter the words “I quit” will come right before the breath I take while throwing my arms in the air with clinched fists to claim victory.
I have held my heart out, and too became a live witness to its bludgeoning on multiple occasions. Yet, I will never give up on love, because in the end it’s always those that never give up, that win. And when I win, I will use everything I have been through as the fuel to love just that much harder.
Will you?

JLFord

Re-reading the last one

"The next chapter of your life will begin when

 you stop re-reading the last one!!- AuthorJLFord

Contructing walls blocks love

                 "Contructing walls around your heart
 may keep you from pain
                                     but it blocks love too. 


Work on building bridges instead." - AuthorJLFord

Dear Independent woman

"Dear Independent woman, My goal was never to be your world, I just wanted to be the best thing in it." ~ AuthorJLFord

Communication is important

"Many of our relationships fail because we tell everyone else our problems but "can't communicate" them to each other." ~ AuthorJLFord

Love and Pain is are parts of life

"Don't let fear keep you from love.
                      Pain is a part of life and you weren't 
meant to go through it alone." 


 - AuthorJLFord

I once asked God

"I once asked God why he puts me through so much.
                                                 He whispered in my ear,


                           'So you could show the world your scars
                                    and they would know that
             I can repair them too.' " - J.L. Ford

Dream Big

"Dream big, 

and don't let anyone stand in the way 

of making it come true, 

not even YOU!" ~ AuthorJLFord