A Gentle Reminder

I hope you have the courage to go deeper. To never exist on the surface of your life, even if it’s easier or more convenient.

You are not afraid of being without it, because you know that you will always have yourself.

No one will ever fully be able to understand the internal battles you had to endure just to heal, just to grow, just to make it here today. Be proud of the way you fought to save yourself. Be proud of the way you survived.

Make yourself happy on your own terms.

Do not settle for half-loves, do not settle for someone who does not see the value in holding your heart.

Not everyone you are ready to love will be ready

to be loved by you.

You deserve to be loved and chosen —

not almost, or almost chosen.

You can still care

for the people who hurt you,

but that does not change the fact

that you have to let them go.

bravery is the way you stretch towards the light.

Life will gift you the kinds of lessons that grow you and build you and help for you to bloom into the person you have always hoped to be,