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I forgive myself for all the times I said I wasn’t pretty enough, smart enough, good enough, witty enough, and worthy enough.

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I want you to try something today. I want you to look into the mirror and see yourself.

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You can forgive this person without allowing them back into your world, without giving them another chance, without acting like everything is okay between the two of you again.

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The only way to get him out of my head was to forgive him, which seemed like an impossible task at first.

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I didn’t block you out of resentment or hatred or because I thought you were a bad person. I blocked you so that I wouldn’t be sitting around, heart jumping every time my phone dinged with a text that might have been you.

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We are not only worthy of forgiveness, but we deserve it.

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You don’t have to forgive someone who hurt you. You don’t have to pretend like the pain doesn’t exist or the reminders don’t come rushing back in every time you see them.

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When it comes down to it, we are all imperfect souls. Acknowledging the imperfections are what in the end make life just that much more perfect.

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I didn’t realize it but after a weekend of emotional eating, sidetracking an annual event I don’t typically miss, I thought I better break it down and get to the bottom of it.

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It will most definitely be the hardest thing we do, and we have to do it over and over again because it will always be worth doing.