Why have you sworn to raise your standards when it comes to love but not when it comes to self-love?

How beautiful. How special. How free.

I’m just a wandering soul, a friend, a teacher, a daydreamer, and a believer.

The person who feels lovable also feels that they deserve happiness, that the happy life they want is within reach.

This is not the end of you. 

Love yourself because he could text you back within seconds, he could call you sexy in sweatpants, he could kiss you without makeup on — but you will never believe his compliments if you still feel insecure about yourself.

Here’s the problem with that: it teaches us that we are incomplete as we are. 

I used to use love as a cure-all.

I’m sure all of us could use a little more of everything listed above, but the ugly truth is- it isn’t always possible.

I hope you realize that you are more than others’ opinion of you.