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

by Alexandra Elle

Forgive yourself for not knowing, not trusting, not caring, not understanding, and not getting back up when things felt too burdensome to hold. Forgive yourself for repeating the same thing and not learning from the past. Forgive yourself for the shame and guilt you carry. Forgive yourself for not finishing and having to start over. Forgive yourself for self-sabotaging and settling and thinking you were not good enough. Forgive yourself for not trusting your worth and deciding that selling yourself short was the only way to get by and be seen. Forgive yourself for staying too long when you should’ve left. Forgive yourself for not loving your body enough to value it as sacred. Forgive yourself for wasting time and being unkind and getting off track. You are worthy of everything good you thought you weren’t.