“I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.”
— Muhammad Ali
People who love you shouldn't make you feel ashamed of your interests and hobbies. What you enjoy is wonderful, even if it's uncommon, complicated, stereotypical, etc. Please keep sharing your lovely energy with the world.
You’ve grown into someone who would have protected you as a child. And that is the most powerful move you made.
Trauma didn't make me nice, I consciously made me nice because I don't want anyone else to suffer like I did. Trauma didn't make me strong, I made me strong. Don't you dare ever tell me my trauma made me anything but scared, broken, and confused. Don't give credit to the abusers for me being a good person. They didn't make me good, I made myself good.
Life is not about being productive all the time. It's not always about performing, being sucessful, moving forward. Some days are for relaxation, crying, regrouping, winding down. It's ok and it's allowed. Nothing to be ashamed off.
“Until we have seen someone’s darkness, we don’t really know who they are. Until we have forgiven someone’s darkness, we don’t really know what love is.”
— Marianne Williamson
Normalize aging.
Aging is not the demon society has made it out to be.