Self, you are beautiful.
If anyone in this world thinks you’re ugly, it’s you.
But see, the thing is, you’re the only one who thinks that. Haven’t you seen yourself in the mirror lately? You brush your hair like its locks are each connected to a part of your soul. You religiously put on that make up that further accentuates your best features. And don’t get me started on the way that your eyes sparkle like precious gems and the sweet creases beside your mouth appear whenever you belt out the sweetest laughter I have ever heard.
Even in your sadness, you are beautiful. The vulnerable part of you shines even in the darkest and lowest times in your life.
So please, stow away that idea that you are ugly.
Because you’re not.
And you never were.
Self, you are strong.
Yes, you are far stronger than anyone else you know.
In times when nobody else would lend a helping hand, you were there for others. You were there to listen and to talk to them in their times of weakness, even when you yourself had burdens you carry.
Yes, life shattered some of your dreams.
Yes, life got in the way of some goals you wanted to have.
And finally, yes, some people eventually broke your heart and crushed your soul.
Yet, despite of all the triumphs and tribulations, you rose above it. When you told yourself you were weak, you were actually strong for having admitted that. You’ve been telling yourself to just give up, to just let go… yet you still hold on and you still carry on. You picked yourself up and started running the race of life again. And you will keep doing that over and over again.
So please, always keep fighting because you are strong.
Self, stop worrying aboout what may happen and enjoy what is happening.
Yes, you do not live in the past.
This moment right here, right now, you have the chance to become the best version of yourself. What may happen in the future will never come to pass if you will always worry about it.
I know, I know, you are anxious that jumping oceans for people may eventually hurt you.
And yes, it might happen. But what if it’s worth it?
You’re only anxious because of that future that may break you. But what if it will make you?
This will sound clichéd, but as they say, what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Stop worrying so much about what may happen. Do not forget to live in the present where life offers you so much.
Feel the moment and watch its beauty and madness unfold right in front of you.
So live today, and let the future worry for itself.
Self, love yourself just as fiercely as you love others.
Yes, your heart is big enough to love other people and yourself at the same time.
Sometimes you fiercely love others and forget that you need to value yourself too. You forget that you cannot give what you yourself don’t have.
How can you love others so passionately but deprive yourself of the love that you need?
You do not need other people’s love to feel complete. You are more than enough for yourself. You deserve all the love that you can give. People will come and go, just as their love will be given and taken back.
But you, my beautiful dear, shall always remain and persevere with or without the love that they can give because you are worth the love that you have inside you.
So please, begin to love yourself before you give love to someone else.
My dearest self, you are more than enough and will always be worth all the joys that life can give.
