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September 23 - September 23, 2024
one day you’ll understand you didn’t have to be different to be chosen by those who never chose you you never needed to do anything to be enough
it has always been okay for you to need reassurance. that is what being human is.
I hope every day presents an opportunity for you to live up to the person you were created to be it’s going to be so lovely to see you embrace that you were fearfully and wonderfully made
should it take you a lifetime to learn your love language I hope you remember that you are worth being dedicated a lifetime for
when people make you feel unwanted, it’s not a call for you to try harder.
if by staying where you are means you have to shrink, nullify or disguise even the tiniest parts of yourself, then it means you don’t belong there. your place is somewhere else, where you won’t ever need to be what you’re not.
Who taught you that you were hard to love?
don’t wait for too long for them to be what you wish they could be
know when you’ve given your all when you’ve tried your best to make things work and when it’s time for you to accept that it’s just not meant to be
not everyone you lose is a bad person some people were only meant to stay in your life for a little while
Love should never feel like you have to labour to be worthy of it.
I look forward to learning how to love someone with as many scars, fears and insecurities as you have, yet remaining as beautiful, and soft as you are. I look forward to loving you
I’m sorry that whenever you start counting on me to consistently show up for you, I have to try to quiet down the voices in my head that remind me of the number of occasions I failed to be there for you.
the person you are now deserves as much love as the one you want to be
permit yourself to feel all your emotions you cannot cheat yourself out of them you can only feel them until you don’t anymore
the pain you carry, in different aspects of your life, reveals itself each time you experience something distinguished from it. All wounds heal, maybe not at the same time and pace, but they heal eventually, and you’ll be left with only scars that show you survived.
they say time heals but that’s hard to believe when pain is all life introduces you to
you deserve to have someone show up for you countless times even if that someone is yourself
have more slow days have more, “I did nothing much” days you need them as much as you need, “I was very productive” days you need the slow days to remind you to pause, breathe and nurture your emotional and mental wellbeing so take more of those days they’re a response to the language your soul speaks
it starts with you trusting that you’re able to make the right decisions believing that you’re deserving of all the good things happening in your life being self-aware and knowing when you need to learn or unlearn no one knows the battles you had to fight to get to where you are that is worth your acknowledgement
Eventually, you will learn how to unapologetically want more for yourself. More love, peace, respect, happiness or growth. And on that day, you will stop permitting yourself to be half-loved or half-chosen by people despite how much you love them.
I hope the soil you choose to plant your roots in is strong but also warm enough to hold you and let you bloom
you are called for something bigger than you. trust that God knew what He was doing when He entrusted you with it, and make a run for it, day by day.