Self-Improvement

just a short little piece on what I've learned about growth, recently

Development.

It’s not about “becoming” something “new”.

It’s about re-discovering who you always were.

Before the world stole it from you.

None of us were BORN insecure. We were TAUGHT to be that way.

And what can be learned can also be unlearned.

Because evolution is a constant.

Even if you’re not changing as fast as you want to, you’re still making progress.

You’re still choosing yourself every day.

You’re still choosing struggle over stagnation.

And you’re still fighting so hard to get to something better.

Even if you don’t feel that way, even if all you feel is tired and burnt out and broken.

You’re still here, aren’t you?

And so the candle still burns, and will continue doing so as long as you’re alive.

However big or small the fire is right now, one tiny flame is still enough to make a wildfire.

Always remember that.

And you are not an ongoing project that needs to be fixed, you are a beautiful, complete masterpiece of light and imperfect perfection.

Does that make sense? I don’t know. But everything’s a paradox, really.

You don’t have to be perfect, or have it all figured out.

No one has it all figured out.

Sometimes you just need to rest. Sometimes you just need a break. It’s okay, take it.

We’re all human in the end.

And it might take a while. How long? I can’t say.

But you’ll get there in the end.

You always will.

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