When You’re Ready, This Is How You Heal

logical. You have to find the courage to paint outside the lines you once
drew for yourself.
You have to start being kind to yourself.
Kind in the way that you’re kind to a child, to someone or something so
innocent and endlessly deserving of your affection and praise. We have
to be kindest to ourselves when it seems least deserved, because that’s
usually when it is most needed. Find the simplest and most obvious
ways to do that. Over time, you will find that so much of the relentless
internal pressure are voices you once heard and then took as your own.
You probably don’t need as much as you think you do.
You do not need a lot to be successful, you do not need to be a lot to be
enough. You do not need a lot to be content, fulfilled, and happy. You
do not need as much as you think you do, and widening that gap in the
name of ambition will not make you reach for more, it will only leave
you emptier. Know what you need, know what you want, and draw a
line in the sand. You cannot spend the entirety of your life desperately
and exhaustedly seeking. You must make time to simply be.

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The fullest expression of your potential isn’t about quantity, but
quality.
Being loved means being completely seen and embraced by a few close
people, not seeing just how many people you can convince to admire
you. Being successful does not mean making as much money as
possible, but being able to wake up every day and feel grateful to be
alive, even in spite of all you’ve been through, even in spite of the fear.
It is not how much you have, but how much what you have makes you
believe life is worth living. It is not about how far you might climb from