"You don’t have to be young. You don’t have to be thin. You don’t have to be “hot” in a way that some..."

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You don’t have to be young. You don’t have to be thin. You don’t have to be “hot” in a way that some dumbfuckedly narrow mindset has construed that word. You don’t have to have taut flesh or a tight ass or an eternally upright set of tits.

You have to find a way to inhabit your body while enacting your deepest desires. You have to be brave enough to build the intimacy you deserve. You have to take off all of your clothes and say, “I’m right here. ”

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- Dear Sugar: Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed (via ifloveisnotenough)