After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love

by Alexandra Elle

Instead, it would encourage shedding as part of the natural process of becoming whole and lush.

If I didn’t believe in myself, who would? So I started there.

It’s like the universe was telling me, I tried to give you an out, but you didn’t trust me. Will you listen now? Will this ridiculously hurtful encounter serve as your cue to get the hell out of there? It did. It was time to go.

Because maybe if I died, my mom would find a way to love me.

Make room for flaws, give them air to breathe. Stop hating yourself for failing and for not knowing.

You do not need outside validation to be happy, free, and authentic. Self-celebration is your birthright. Give yourself permission to be flawed. Give yourself space to self-correct and reroute. You are deserving of your own mercy. The sun will always emerge after the rain; you’ve just got to be committed enough to do the work while you wait it out. Love yourself through every hardship that presents itself. We are all doing the best we can with what we have.