A little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.
The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter:
"Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river." The little girl said:
"No, Dad. You hold my hand."
"What's the difference?" Asked the puzzled father. 
"There's a big difference," replied the little girl.
"If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go." 
In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond. So hold the hand of the person whom you love rather than expecting them to hold yours...



“Relationships are mysterious. We doubt the positive qualities in others, seldom the negative. You will say to your partner: do you really love me? Are you sure you love me? You will ask this a dozen times and drive the person nuts. But you never ask: are you really mad at me? Are you sure you’re angry? When someone is angry, you don’t doubt it for a moment. Yet the reverse should be true. We should doubt the negative in life, and have faith in the positive.” 


"We're never so vulnerable when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love of joy"

"I'll start letting my guard down when people stop giving me reasons to keep it up."

Just within one month, or even less than that (all in a week to be exact), things changed so much, so drastically. Surprisingly I think I'm coping well, much better than I expected and for that I'm proud of myself. But I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing. All that has happened really opened my eyes, broaden my perspectives, changed my mindset on certain issues and be wary of the littlest things. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise...

Only time will tell.

http://cupcakesandcashmere.com/

My favourite read since 2010. Haven't read it in a while and felt so inspired to make strawberry ice cream/ bonbons/ jams after reading it all over again.

It's finally August and I really hope mid August comes quickly. Kinda sucks when we don't have a choice but to move on with different phases of life, especially when it's clashing.

I loved how I spent my last week of July.