treat yourself with gentle understanding, with patience, with care. acknowledge that you are human, flawed, deserving of your own love.
(via daprettiestaries)
unstoppable force (wanting to be the kindest version of myself) vs immovable object (all the anger and hatred I have inside myself)
After a hard season, it can be difficult to go back to yourself, back to a routine. And that’s okay. You don’t have to rush, don’t need to have everything figured out. You can start as small as getting enough sleep. Cleaning your room. Taking care of your personal hygiene. A tiny bit of progress is better than no progress at all.
Hey, it’s okay. You’ve been through a lot, your mind focusing on surviving, not leaving room for much else. You haven’t lost yourself, not at all.
Hey, it’s okay to grieve for the person you were, the person you could be right now. It’s okay to be angry for all the things that were taken away from you. The things that you’re still healing from. It’s okay.
sometimes i wish i could grab my childhood self and shake them by the shoulders and say YOU’RE GOOD. YOU’RE WORTH LOVING. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE MADE BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU. YOU ARE NOT A BURDEN. YOU ARE NOT DAMNED. SOMEDAY YOU WILL CRY OVER SUNSETS AND POETRY MORE THAN YOUR OWN PAIN. I NEED YOU TO REMEMBER THAT YOU’RE GOOD. YOU’RE WORTH LOVING. but i can’t go back in time, so i say it to myself now. because i believe there’s a future version of me looking back on this moment feeling the exact same way.
I wanna be the first one u wanna tell good news
and the arms you want to hold you when you want to cry