Just breathe ...

“All of us fight hidden, silent battles against not being good enough, not having enough and not belonging enough.”

These days you don’t cross my mind as often anymore and it’s freeing. I’m still teaching myself to not get so stuck in the past, and to instead focus on everything I have in front of me and everything that’s still to come. There’s no way of knowing what my future will hold - and while everything about that leaves me uneasy and frightened, I also feel very excited knowing that the best things in my life probably haven’t happened yet. It’s cliche, I know, but really though that’s how you get yourself through it. You keep moving forward and you don’t waste any more days dwelling on what could’ve been or what you could’ve done differently.

“I am who I am. Your approval isn’t needed.”