Guilt may hold fast to you, but youre still moving, despite how much its pulling you back.
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Updated 6 years ago,January 25, 2019
15 years ago.
But within, you feel like a checkbox thats been left blank, an unfinished task.
Liam Simpson
You dont understand how incomplete you feel.
You still havent finished that book you wanted to write five years ago.
Youre still judging and envying others for having a better life than the one youre living right now.
You dont look like a model.
You dont speak nice and pretty words all the time.
You dont get up early enough.
You dont sleep enough.
You try your best, but all you get is an average result.
You stagnate, and then you leave hope by the wayside.
But change isnt simply about following a neat little list of steps to take.
It isnt something that anyone can tell you to do because thats in your power, not theirs.
Youll get better, just not overnight.
Youll walk a few steps in the dark until youre miles away from the guilt that holds you back.
Only when youre ready.
Only when the process of letting go is genuine and you feel that deep in your bones.
Only when you arent forcing yourself to do it all at once.
Today youre doing the best you could.
Youre walking, taking one step at a time.
Your heart is beating with strength and vitality.
Youre making someones day just by being in it and smiling in spite of all that you feel.
Your passion speaks volumes about you, even when you dont speak for yourself.
Youre not the greatest in the world, but youre the greatest at being you.
Guilt may render you helpless, but youre still helpful to those who need to know theyre never alone.
Guilt may tell you that youre not doing enough, but youre enough.
Because youre more than a box that needs to be checked off.
Youre a voyager, an adventurer, a seeker.
A survivor, a healer, a warrior.
An ever-changing soul with a mind thats open to all possibilities, always in motion.
Guilt may have already paved a path for you, but youll pave an even better path for yourself.
Youre exactly who you are, standing exactly where you gotta be.
