91° with a breeze on this beautiful afternoon. finally found some down time to sit and read this book! (and shout out to my love for the bday gift!)

My friend recommended this to me when I was going through a rough time (and I mean fall-off-the-face-of-the-earth rough time). But I've grown fond of this book, as well as the advice that lives inside it. I come back to it when I'm not feeling like myself or when I want to scream at everything without knowing why.

"She is oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. The same elements that are inside the rest of us, but I can‘t help thinking she‘s more than that and she‘s got other elements going on that no one‘s ever heard of, ones that make her stand apart from everybody else."

"Does he treat you with respect at all times? [...] If he is the exact same person twenty years from now that he is today, would you still want to marry him? [...] Does he inspire you to want to be a better person? You find someone you can answer yes to all three, then you've found a good man."