19/09/2025
For the longest time, I looked into the mirror and saw someone who wasn’t enough. Not smart enough. Not strong enough. Not beautiful enough. Just not enough.
I believed every label they gave me. Every lie I whispered to myself in the dark. I carried other people’s opinions like they were facts carved in stone.
But one day, I asked myself a question I never dared ask: Who told you that you must be perfect to be worthy?
Self-love isn’t vanity. It isn’t arrogance. It’s oxygen. It’s how I survive the noise. It’s how I remind myself: I am allowed to take up space. I am allowed to be kind to myself.
I’ve made mistakes. I’ve fallen short. I’ve failed. But I’ve also grown. I’ve healed. I’ve risen. I deserve to be proud of the battles I’ve fought even the ones no one saw.
I am not my flaws. I am not my past. I am not what they said when they didn’t see my worth.
I am becoming. Every day. And that is enough.
From now on, I will speak to myself with love. I will protect my peace. I will celebrate my journey, not just the destination.
Because loving myself is not selfish. It’s revolutionary.
And when I look in the mirror now I finally see someone worth loving. And that someone is ME.
