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it’s funny how you always end up circling back to who you were as a kid. not with the same innocence, but in a softer way that feels like coming full circle. it’s like meeting an old friend inside yourself. beneath all the years of trying to be put-together, impressive, enough, you find that same kid who just wanted to create, explore and play,... See more
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… If I can accept that I am who I am, that I feel what I feel, that I have done what I have done—if I can accept it whether I like all of it or not—then I can accept myself.
Melody Beattie • Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
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
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