It’s time to forgive yourself for accepting less than you deserved.
For the ones who made you feel like you were not worthy of being loved the way you loved others.
It’s time to forgive yourself for the people you fought for that you should have fought off. It’s time to forgive yourself for not knowing how to set better boundaries upfront, for believing you could never love in halves.
It’s time.
Forgive yourself for the way in which you trusted, the way you let them leave fingerprints along your spine and messy imprints in your soul. Forgive yourself for nudging your heart open for more than mere memories.
It’s time to forgive yourself for letting them take so much of you.
It’s time to forgive yourself for letting them walk all over you so they wouldn’t walk away. Understand that you couldn’t have loved them any more, or less, or bent them into who they were not… and that’s ok. They are perfectly imperfect as they are. They were in your life for a season, for a reason.
It’s time to forgive yourself for hoping or thinking that the power of love would prevail over logic. It’s time to forgive yourself for trying, for wanting to believe that “I love you” meant “I’ll be there for you.”
Trust me when I say that there is love out there for you… a love that will treasure every inch of you. It won’t fumble with the depth of you, or take you for granted. There’s a love for you that will mold into every crooked crevice of you and fit like a glove.
Don’t settle for seconds or scaps. Don’t fall back into the arms of those who broke you. Don’t let your scars convince you that your heart holds no value.
Hold out for the love you know you deserve… love that breathes life into you, holds you tight, and makes your heart melt into so much more. It will come. ✨
