Youre going to have a lot of nights where youre alone and confused and uncertain.
Youre going to feel lost at some points along the way.
I hope you stop running yourself so thin and learn to take a break.
God & Man
Even though slowing down isnt anything that comes naturally to you.
I hope you learn to stop looking for love like its supposed to fill the empty parts of you.
That sometimes you have to learn to really be okay alone.
Being brave enough to admit you might not be ready for a relationship.
Even if you really want one.
Ensuring that when you are ready to date that person gets the best version of you.
The one who use you.
The ones who text you and you feel uneasy like they are just going to demand something of you.
I hope you learn to let people take care of you sometimes.
I hope the people you choose are the ones who are going to meet you halfway.
I hope you learn to let go of the things and people that are draining you.
Thats sometimes you have to let go to see who still is holding on.
I hope you learn to take a step back for yourself.
In fact, theyve been holding you back this whole time and youve been allowing it.
I hope you learn to let go of that old love that haunts you.
That sometimes letting go isnt weakness but strength.
Realizing theres nothing new to revisit in the past.
Learning to commit to yourself and your physical health and well being.
You dont need some fad diet or personal trainer you cant afford.
You just need to get up and go and take it one day at a time.
Because you are the only one holding yourself back from where you are and where you want to be.
I hope you learn that taking care of yourself isnt a waste of an investment.
But where all your energy should have been this whole time.
Providing your body with the things it needs as opposed to that cookie you might want in the moment.
I hope you choose peoplewho support your dreams and goals and dont try and deter you from achieving them.
You arent doing it for the insta likes or some transformation Tuesday.
Because sometimes the greatest change isnt what we see but what we feel.
I hope when you choose yourself youre doing it for you.
Not to prove someone wrong.
Not to make an ex-jealous.
Choose yourself because you should have been your number one choice this whole time.
I hope you forgive yourself for putting others first and not valuing yourself the way you should have.
There will always be people you let down and disappoint.
But the people who matter will always be the ones in your corner regardless of whatever choice youve made.
Helping you to learn and grow.
They will always be the one supporting you.
The same way you should have been doing all these things for yourself.
I hope you stop looking at what other people have and start appreciating everything about yourself.
Learning to see yourself the ways others do.
Choosing yourself its not going to be easy.
With it comes discomfort and resistance because maybe youve never put yourself and your happiness first.
Maybe you associate happiness with others and happiness alone isnt familiar.
Youre going to have a lot of nights where youre alone and confused and uncertain.
Youre going to feel lost at some points along the way.
And in those moments youll find yourself most grateful.
In those moments youll find what real happiness is.
And youll look back wishing you chose yourself sooner.
