Painter, Muralist, and Mental Health Advocate

i hope you realise how wonderful you are. that you look at your reflection and feel nothing but overwhelming self love. i hope you find a caring and safe relationship, whether that is platonic or romantic. i hope you work out all the overwhelming mess weighing on you. that you feel lighter and easier and every step is a step towards recovery. i hope you realise and find the happiness and love that you deserve and start treating yourself with the kindness your body needs. i hope you know right now that you are loved and you are so important. i am so glad you’re here and i hope soon, you are too.

an author i love just tweeted about how “big joy and small joy are the same” and how she was just as content the other night eating chocolate and cuddling her dog as she was on her Big Trip to new york and honestly. i think that’s it. this morning i was listening to an audiobook while baking shortbread in my joggers and i realised i really didn’t care what Big Things happened in my future as long as i could keep baking and reading at the weekend and maybe that is the kind of bar we have to set to guard ourselves against disappointment. just appreciate and cherish the mundane stuff and see everything else as a bonus.