Life lessons!

"How can I comfort you when I can barely comfort myself?" Hasn't  your heart grappled with this very question at least once in your lifetime specially when you helped someone out of your zone and you didn't choose to refuse because saying a simple "NO" will counter question your personality? You beat yourself up, questioned your self-worth, decided you weren’t worthy of love, and isolated your heart. I don’t blame you, though—your world was turned upside down in a moment’s time. In a world of bright colors, the only thing that shone through was black . Little did you know that eventually that black would fade and you’d soon find yourself a blank canvas, enabling you to start over. I’m sorry that at your worst, you didn’t even love yourself. When you look back at those moments, I hope you realize how much you’ve grown. You learned how to put yourself first , that your feelings were valid, and that if you didn’t learn how to correctly love yourself fo...

People always told me my softness would be the end of me. That showing it would mean destruction, pain and hurt and nothing but unhappiness coming my way. “Grow a thick skin. Grow a hard heart” I heard this so often growing up that I simply took it for granted that anytime I grew hurt or upset by something people would tell me I’m oversensitive, soft and the world was simply justified in taking advantage of me because somehow I was allowing it. It seemed like the crime was entirely mine for feeling too much. The crime against me didn’t exist because my softness was the thing that allowed it. So therefore, I should sacrifice my softness at the alter of my protecting my own heart, because there is no other way. Except…there is another way. Listen to me, soft people. Do not allow the world to make you thick skinned to the point you feel nothing. Do not allow them to turn you angry and cold just like them. Do not let them steal that goodness from inside you. You see the thing t...