Dear Part of Me,

Part of me yearns for you to recognize that life will be a journey… and that we will be plenty of versions of ourselves. Nothing is ever set in the stone pillars we can sometimes surround ourselves with. We will reach new heights, but we also may become lost and take a few steps back. This is okay. 

Part of me wants to tell you every single thing that happens, to warn you and prep you. But with this attempt at future-telling would deplete the worldliness you will gain with every flaw, setback, and triumph. Sometimes we have to realize things on our own, in our own time. This takes patience.

Part of me feels if I tell you to love yourself and give yourself grace, you wouldn’t believe me anyway. You think you deserve this pain and somewhere along the way, you learned this need for self-punishment. The scars on your body are now reminders; with every cut, gash, scrape that have since healed. You will live with these reminders, while I leave you with this promise…

There are things in life that happen, magic happens. When your favorite song comes on the radio by chance, or when you pour soda in a glass and the foam juuust reaches the top without fizzing over… and when you feel the interconnectedness of the universe; the tap of a drumstick on a snare that travels through the body and reverberates sounds of music through the vast open air to your ears where you feel… at one with yourself. You are at one because you know you are part of more. While life doesn’t get easier, we get stronger. ​

Find your strength. Find your truth. Keep keeping on. And always wear eye cream… because you can only prevent, you can’t undo.

With love,
Part of You