Sometimes, it only takes one sentence to change everything. Maybe it's a piece of life-changing news or a random comment that totally shifts your perspective. Recently, people on Reddit shared the sentence that altered their lives forever, and I really needed to hear some of them today. Here's what people had to say:
1. "You don’t have to show up to every argument you’re invited to."
2. "Read recently: 'Better to be cringe in someone else's mind, than a prisoner in your own.'"
3. "'If it happens every time, it’s at least a little bit your fault.' Best boss I ever had!"
"I’ve heard it said slightly differently.
'If everywhere you go, you smell shit, maybe you’re the arsehole.'"
4. "'Babe, you don’t want him; you want him to want you.' Said to me when I was in the middle of treacherous heartbreak. She was right!"
5. "Words from my therapist: 'Just because you can explain their behavior, doesn't mean you should excuse their behavior.' That's when I started making plans to leave my abusive ex."
6. "My therapist said, 'Stop comparing yourself to men you don't like.'"
7. "'We need to talk about your drinking.' Signed up for rehab shortly after that talk, and coming up on six years sober."
8. "'Be mindful of those who come to water the soil and those who come to pick the fruit.' I was ignorant most of my life and kept company that never challenged me to grow or improve as a person, or were bad influences. After hearing this, I’ve been very careful about who I keep close. You also learn that although people may truly want to water the soil, some are simply unable to."
9. "'You have stage 4b T-Cell Lymphoma.' Almost died waiting for that diagnosis. I'm 43, that was 18, every day since has been affected in some way by it. 24 years in remission."
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10. "'You're being made redundant because the company is ceasing trading.' I had been there for fourteen years. I got fourteen weeks of wages as redundancy pay, which gave me time to evaluate what I wanted to do with my life. I decided to give early years education a go, as I thought it would be something I would enjoy and be good at. Turns out, I absolutely love it."
11. "If you don't heal what hurt you, you'll bleed on people who didn't cut you."
12. "When my psychologist said, 'You’re not paranoid if you’re right,' I stopped letting myself be gaslit by my then-partner."
13. "Emotions don't need to be resolved, just felt."
14. "'Why are you putting up with it if you wouldn’t do it to yourself?' Something my therapist said to me."
15. "Your track record for making it through bad days is perfect."
16. "If you can't say truthfully, 'I like me best when I'm with you' in a relationship, you're in the wrong relationship."
17. "If you wait until you’re ready, you’ll be waiting the rest of your life."
18. "'If being mean to yourself would do something, it would have worked already.' Read that on Reddit some time ago, and I actually stopped talking down to myself."
19. "Thank you random Tumblr stranger for saying this: 'You only think you're ugly because you aren't your type.'"
20. "Whether you do it or not, time will pass god damn anyway."
21. "'The days are long and the years are short.' Someone told me this when I became a parent. Has helped me get perspective when the days seem too long, and also appreciate that the years will indeed fly by if you don't try to live intentionally."
22. "'Closed mouths don’t get fed.' I’ve gotten so far in my life simply by asking. Worst they can say is no 🤷🏽♂️."
23. "'The thing that takes off the edge also takes off the shine.' It made me slow down on my drinking to 'take off the edge' when I realized I was drinking beyond a typical, healthy amount for me."
24. "'You put boundaries in place to protect the relationship. This means keeping people at a distance where you can still love them, and no closer.' Alleviated a lot of guilt about pushing my family away. I am able to love them still because they aren't on top of me like they used to be. Any closer and I will grow to resent them."
"Also true of romantic relationships. If I can tell that someone being my romantic partner erodes the relationship between us, and reparation doesn't work, then I break up. I've found that my breakups are much less messy, and it's much easier to transition to friendship than when I dragged it out because of guilt or a sense of duty."
25. "'The hardest thing about being a parent is being the person you want your kids to grow up to be.' It was on the dedication page of a parenting book I started to read. I don't remember anything else from the book."
26. "Don’t set yourself on fire to keep others warm!!"
"I wrote this on my mirror for a reminder and had to keep it there for over two years. I still need the reminder often."
27. "'You don’t have to be like your mom.' That’s when I realized I had a choice and could be whoever I wanted to be."
28. "I once told a co-worker during break that I couldn't wait until Friday to be off work. It was, like, Tuesday. Her response: 'Isn't it a shame how we wish our lives away?' In that moment, my entire view of life changed. I realized that I defined every day that I worked as a bad day, instead of focusing on what I could enjoy each day. I think of that interaction often."
