So many people got to experience the purest form of me. Genuine kindness, care, and encouragement. Now, I have to channel that again and give it to those who will appreciate it more fully. I don't regret being true to myself through and through. I'm grateful for my journey. 4/4

Now, I know I am enough just as I am. I am enough to the people who appreciate the person that I am. I am worth all of the healing, pain, and trauma I went through to get to where I am right now. I am always going to be glad I gave my best effort. 3/4

I genuinely loved every second of what I was doing until what I went through showed me a side of people I can never forget. I cared for and gave my heart to every single person I met and interacted with and it wasn't enough. That's ok. 2/4

When I ask myself if I would change anything I am asking myself if I would lose the opportunity to meet the good friends that I've met over the years and risk the chance to meet the love of my life. I wouldn't risk it. The compounded trauma sucks, but I love my people more. 2/2

What I am working on now is building up the strength and confidence to speak up for myself and my boundaries. I should suggest and be willing to listen to other's boundaries and assertive enough to define my own. This is how you create healthy dynamics not limited ones. 3/3

It has made me literally afraid to communicate my needs because I am so used to them being ignored or not respected. Or when I have communicated my needs, I am mocked for needing them at all. It's ok to have needs and you aren't a burden for having them. I know that now. 2/3