22/10/2025
I wish I knew then what I know now.
If I could tell my younger self one thing, it would be this, keep becoming.
Even when you feel lost.
Even when the people you love leave.
Even when grief feels too heavy to carry.
Because one day, you’ll look back and realize every heartbreak, every ending, every lonely night was shaping you into the person you were always meant to become.
These photos of me hugging my younger self mean more than I can explain. It’s been two years since my grandma’s passing, and grief took over my life in ways I never expected. But it wasn’t just the loss of her it was the loss of parts of myself, of relationships, and of people I thought would always be there.
This year, I’ve been doing the inner work learning to heal the child within me who never truly felt seen. My childhood wasn’t perfect, and my parents carried their own pain. But the truth is, we all have an inner child still waiting to be loved, nurtured, and held.
Now, as a man in my 30s, I’m realizing that healing isn’t about erasing the past it’s about learning to live with it. To choose peace where there was once pain. To choose grace over resentment. To keep showing up for myself, even when it hurts.
My traumas are still there, and my scars are still healing. But every word of kindness I speak to myself, every time I forgive, I’m healing him.
If you’ve lost people, love, or even parts of yourself know that you’re not alone. We’re all still finding our way through grief, still learning to make peace with our past, still growing into who we’re meant to become.
So to my younger self and to anyone who needs to hear this,
Keep becoming.
You are the proof that healing is possible. 🤍
