sometimes things need to break so you can learn to bend
sometimes you need to bend instead of break
sometimes happiness is the opposite of everything you thought you needed
sometimes your full aliveness is just on the other side of the pain
sometimes the pain makes you feel alive
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sometimes strength is the thing inside you that keeps you messy
sometimes the messiness is the beauty
sometimes the hardest thing to do is the thing you most need to do
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when loving yourself feels impossible
stay strong
believe
in the messy
in your own beating heart
working for you, beating for you
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don’t let anyone take that heart from you
feel the pure joy of your own existence
in this full beautiful world
trust your capacity to experience the world
and to be okay in the end
to be raw in the middle
to continue to come back to peace, to breath
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fill your lungs full with the love of life
the love of song and dance
the love of feeling free
dancing with the sea
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letting your salt water tears flow
deep down into the ocean
let her carry you
move you
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to higher places
higher peaks
don’t waste your younger years
your older years
on anyone who cannot hold you with the tenderness and love
you hold for yourself
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beyond anything or anyone
hold yourself with so much love
welcome and embrace the darkness within
love it even when it is hard
shine some light on those tender parts
and let that light heal every part of your soul
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know that you are imperfect
and also perfect
because you made it here
all this way, in this beautiful life
look at what you’ve created
for yourself
this is just the dawn of your best years.
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chase down your fears
wrangle with them
look them straight in the eye
and say
I’ve got this
I can do it
it won’t be perfect, but I can and I will
and WATCH
as you OVERCOME with the rise of every morning sun.
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Stop chasing happiness
and chase yourself instead
the happiness will show up
like MAGIC.
Facing Yourself 