You are never defined by your brokenness.

And even in your lowest, most painful moments, you are beautiful, powerful, and strong.

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Updated 7 years ago,December 5, 2017

You are beautiful.

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Cristian Newman

Why do you so easily forget this?

You allow negativity to seep into your brain.

You let the hurt and heartache fill your soul.

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You stand silent as peoples hurtful words and actions cut at your character.

But you do.You have.You will.

But I truly believe that pain brings healing in time.

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Cristian Newman

Because the truth is, you are never defined by your brokenness.

And even in your lowest, most painful moments, you are beautiful, powerful, and strong.

Even when your legs feel like Jell-O and shake with every step.

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You have come so far.

You have risen and found your footing once again.

And you will do this over and over again, no matter how defeated you are right now.

But whats beautiful about our existence is that our circumstances will always shift.

We wont always feel powerless, hesitant, fragile.We wont always see ourselves as less.

The honest truth is that everything we go through teaches us who we are.

Every low leads to an eventual high; every broken piece can one day become whole again.

We just have to remember who we are and what weve fought through.

We have to have faith and believe that better days are coming.

You must remember that behind the mask of pain is a wonderful soul.

And will still rise again.

Marisa Donnelly is a poet and author of the book,Somewhere on a Highway, availablehere.