I know you may feel imperfect in your own skin

I know you may judge the very words that leave your lips

I know you may feel your actions don’t measure up and a need to rectify your choices

I know through all this, the dark of night comes and brings with it self hatred, shame, guilt and loathsome

And that in the dark, you feel you need more control, or a deep understanding that you have a lack of.

I know in our humanity, we look for perfection. We look towards the light in the hopes that it may teach us more about ourselves

We forget that through the dark, we find forgiveness.

Through the dark, we have a chance to go deeper with our love, to reach those parts within us that haven’t been touched with its gentle care.

I know you are striving to be something that you already are.

In the tapestry of life, We feel regrets. Allow it to teach us to love ourselves more, not less.

Take a walk and allow the trees to remind you of the gentleness you hold

Allow the crisp air to remind you of the purpose you carry

Allow the sunshine to remind you of the shadow and light that make you whole

Allow your heart to remind you of the forgiveness it embodies for all shades of you

You are an ever evolving symphony