@Aalia 26 October 2022 more from that month

Your life can be a mess AND you can still be kind to yourself. Your heart can be in pain AND you can still apply love on the wound. Your job can be soul-crushing AND you can still encourage yourself towards your larger vision. Your mind can be stuck in overthinking AND you can still be compassionate at the wonky ways in which it’s trying to keep you safe. You can wish to be at a different phase in your life AND still be wholly present where you currently are, which is a crucial part of the journey to where you want to go. Your messiness & worthiness are not mutually exclusive. Don’t let the binaries of the world tell you that everything is black or white; that it can only be one way or the other. Having a problem-free life is not a prerequisite for letting love, compassion or joy enter it. Some people may get confused at how you can be so kind to yourself when your life is so messy. Let them. Your journey is yours and it isn’t your responsibility to educate everyone about the what it takes to walk through it with dignity. Because "hard work" isn't the only thing needed to get to where you want to go; you'll also nea ton of compassion and a regulated nervous system. —