Self-Love and Inner Kindness

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

“You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done, but simply because you are.”

“There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.”

“You are enough just as you are. Each emotion you feel, everything in your life, everything you do or do not do... where you are and who you are right now is enough.”

“You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.”

“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.”

“You don't have to be positive all the time. It's perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared, or anxious. Having feelings doesn't make you a negative person. It makes you human.”

“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.”

“Mental health problems don't define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but you are not the rain.”

“You are permitted to begin again from exactly where you are. The body keeps score, but it can also learn safety again.”

“I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up.”

“This too shall pass.”

“Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”

“You are permitted to begin again from exactly where you are. Staying is already a form of courage.”

“The future does not need to be clear for the next step to matter. Survival can be the beginning, not just the middle.”