The Ponderings of Ella

“Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made, or by dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.”

“forgive all the versions of yourself that operated out of fear instead of growth, the ones that viewed comfort zones as safe havens and abandoned boundaries to keep other people happy, forgive all the versions of yourself that didn’t know that love begins with how you treat you.”

“to feel no guilt for consistently choosing you, to assume no responsibility for how they feel about you putting yourself first, to prioritize you without attaching their projections or assumptions of you; this is what freedom looks like.”