To the 22 year old me

9/3/2016

To the 22 year old me

You made it.

You are bold. You are powerful. You are beautiful.

It took you 22 years to figure out what the setback was

And that’s okay...

You’re okay

YOU ARE OKAY, love

All you were really seeking for was a love that learned to help you...

Learn to love yourself

You prayed day and night for an endless love from a man

A man that could give you happiness

When you were really looking for that happiness within yourself

But really, it was a love for your own self

A love that said, “I love myself, I love my flaws, I love me,  (I LOVE) all of me.”

With every tear, every ache, and every scar

You just wanted to learn to love yourself

A love that every woman wanted

For themselves

A love that every woman struggled at

A love that every woman craved

For themselves

A love that God wanted for yourself

God did not delay the man that you dreamed of

But to show you how to embrace your bare self

The naked you

All he wanted for you was to see how beautiful you are

With all your scars, your bruises, your tears, your stretch marks

For you see it in your own eyes

To realize how beautiful you are.

You can say it

It’s okay

You made it.

You won the battle.

“I love me, the whole me”