The Gift of Trusting Yourself
It’s time to stop…
Time to stop making small of the thing that is crushing your soul,
Time to stop letting the voices around you dim your ability to hear your own,
Time to stop letting your mind brush past the pain and truth that lies deep within your bones,
Time to stop outsourcing opinions from those to whom every detail of your story remains unknown.
But what about the fear of knowing where to start?
The truth is my love, trusting in yourself is a delicate work of art.
It is time to surrender…
Surrender to your knowing, to the deepest parts of yourself.
Accept the gravity of the truth and vow to never put another thing on that shelf.
You don’t have to explain yourself or get people to understand,
This desperate grasp for validation will never be enough to authenticate what you experienced firsthand.
That validation must come from within.
It is a calm reassurance, a gentle nod to your pain.
In honoring your experience you will begin to lift the stain.
If you can be honest about the dark and hellish pains of your night,
You can look back and know just how hard you fought to get back to the light.
And now it is time…
Time to move forward with the deepest respect for yourself
And a gentle unshakeable confidence that cannot come from anyone else.