this is the season you are being challenged to remind

yourself of the beauty life has to offer you. Maybe

right now, you are being given the space to discover
the kinds of places that leave your bones dripping with
feeling, the kinds of songs that are yours and yours
alone, the kinds of people who love you in a way that
does not seek to change you. Maybe right now, you
are being given a chance to reclaim your joy, to make
it the most natural extension of who you are, to let it
spill out of your words, and your laughter, and your
tears — to let it be something you believe you are wor-
thy of, to let it be something you believe you deserve.

See, maybe right now your journey isn’t about love.

Maybe right now your journey is about you. Maybe
this is the season you are being challenged to be your
own savior, to be your own safe place. Maybe right
now you are being reminded — that the people who
walked away were only ever leading you back to your-
self, were only ever leading you here. And here, you
are okay on your own. Here, you are rebuilding. Here,
you are adapting, and mending, and reclaiming all of
the pieces you let them walk away with. Here, you are
being kinder to your soul, you are giving yourself the
same kind of love you have always given to others.
Here, you are not rushing your heart, you are not de-
pending on another human being to fix it. Instead, here,
you are doing that on your own. Here, you are healing.

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