THEY'VE CHECKED ALL OF THE BOXES IN LIFE (ALL THE ONES THEY'VE BEEN CONDITIONED TO CHECK OFF SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE GIRLS), BUT THEY STILL FEEL A SENSE OF EMPTINESS INSIDE OF THEM.
OTHERS TELL THEM THAT THEY SEEM TO "HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER" FROM THEIR OUTER APPEARANCES, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THE INNER BATTLE IN THEIR SOUL TELLS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY.
MOST DAYS THEY FEEL LONELY, ANXIOUS, CONFUSED, AND SAD.
I LEARNED FROM A VERY EARLY AGE THAT PLEASING OTHERS WOULD KEEP ME FROM GETTING YELLED AT AND KEEP ME FROM GETTING INTO TROUBLE.
IN TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONE, I STRIVED TO DO EVERYTHING PERFECTLY, TOO! AND IF IT WASN'T PERFECT, I WORKED ON IT UNTIL IT WAS (WHICH WAS JUST UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY EXHAUSTING!), BUT THE OBSESSION WITH BEING "GOOD" WON EVERY TIME AND I WOULD LIVE IN THIS TOXIC, UNHEALTHY CYCLE WELL INTO MY ADULTHOOD.
I'VE LEARNED THE TOOLS NECESSARY FOR NAVIGATING THIS LIFE'S JOURNEY.
I'VE LEARNED HOW TO BE WITH MY THOUGHTS AND HOW TO DECONSTRUCT THEM SO THAT I CAN MOVE PAST ALL OF THE "STUFF" THAT BLOCKS US FROM GETTING TO OUR DEEPEST DESIRES AND DREAMS.
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