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I love me.

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Your constant reinvention of yourself is not inconsistency or flakiness, it is adaptation. It is growth. It is strength.

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Whenever you take a selfie, you use a snapchat filter because it’s the only way you feel pretty. 

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Putting myself first is not selfish. Looking in the mirror and recognizing my beauty is not shallow. Cutting people out of my world who don’t deserve a second of my time is not bitchy.

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You are more than the ones who couldn’t love you with the same tenacity, who couldn’t promise forever, who couldn’t fight. You are more than a bleeding heart, letting yourself spill for people who don’t see your worth. You are more than this.

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Because the laughter, the drive, the soul, the person you are cannot be replicated.

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We spend so much time getting ready for this future, stressing over what hasn’t happened, and setting plans for what’s next that we forget to live in the moment. We forget to celebrate how far we’ve come. We forget that life isn’t always going to unfold how we want it to—but maybe that’s the most beautiful part.

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Love is beautiful as it happens, when it happens. And it will happen. We just have to trust.

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Seeking perfection is a losing battle, but being authentic? That’s the pursuit of yourself, of real love, of a life that sings with joy and purpose.

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You are not a perfect person, not always going to do the right thing or be a shining role model, but you are filled with love and light.