very liberating to make peace with the fact that I am not an entirely good person, that there are times when I am bad, I do hurtful things, that there are people who will never be able to look past my mistakes. because what matters is despite it all, I still try/want to be good

as i grew older, i learned that the key to surviving the day is not positivity. it's acceptance. accepting that not all days are good and happy. you will have bad days. you make mistakes. you fail. you mess up. everything’s not going to fall into place and that is completely okay