Some of us know our flaws all too well.
We incessantly ruminate over our mistakes.
We relive our failures, over and over again.
We are our own harshest critics.
Constantly putting ourselves down.
Speaking to and thinking of ourselves in ways we’d never speak to or think of others.
Not realizing that such patterns aren’t serving us.
Not understanding that they’re holding us back.
Not seeing that we don’t have to live this way.
You could ruminate over your mistakes.
Hold on to deep-seated feelings of failure.
Repeat patterns of harsh self-criticism.
Or you could recognize that you're imperfect.
That you always have been and always will be.
But that you can be better.
Stop beating yourself up.
It’s okay to want more from yourself.
To not like who you are.
To yearn for change.
Pursue that change from a place of self-love.
From self-compassion.
From self-worth.
Understanding that you are more than your past.
More than your mistakes.
More than your failures.
Lift yourself up.
Push yourself.
Love yourself.
You’ve got this.
