I Am More Than My Nightmares

by Jennae Cecelia

I fear things I know I will never face, yet I fear them anyways. That’s anxiety.

Self-love is a journey with ever-changing scenery.

My mind is anxious, but my soul longs for peace.

I am not guaranteed a week, a month, or a year. I am not guaranteed to get old enough to see my face wrinkle and my hair gray. But I am guaranteed right now, this moment. I will not live my life betting on the next day. I won’t. I will live for today.

Although it seems long and tiring, one day you will look back and realize all the growth you made on your hike.

Mistakes are the bridges between my failures and my successes.

I am an ocean. Are you willing to risk swimming in the deep, dark, parts of me?

You are looking at one of her chapters. You don’t know her full story.

We all have bad yesterdays that we can bask in. But those yesterdays will never come again and neither will the today you are wasting with thoughts of your yesterdays.

Self-care is sometimes just waking up, greeting the sun, and telling yourself this is your day.