I Need You to Know This

I need you so desperately to be and accept your full self. I need you so desperately to love yourself. I need you so desperately to know who you are. I need so desperately for you to grant grace to your body.

I need you to say to yourself all the beautiful and amazing things you say to the women you love. I need you to let go of the self-hatred and this ingrained idea that you cannot love who you are FULLY. I need you to know you are a queen. I need you to know that you are enough now, not later, not when something changes, RIGHT NOW. I need you to know that you are worthy of every good thing that happens to you. I need you to know that even when you fall you are not a failure. I need you to know that you are doing the best that you can. I need you to know that even on the days it doesn’t all feel good you are still good.

I need you to know that you are worth more than you have ever believed. I need you to stop following people who make you feel less than. I need you to stop looking up to people who change their appearance and then promote to you to do the same. I need you to believe in body acceptance and push out all those who are constantly promoting body improvement. I need you to know that your mental health is just as important, if not more important, than your physical health. I need you to know that your feelings are valid. I need you to allow yourself to feel what you feel and not run from it.

I need you to know that every woman is hurting from a lifetime of being told “be more, be more, be more” and that you are not alone. I need you to know that every woman is fighting an internal battle to simply love the person she is. I need you to know that you deserve to love yourself. I need you to know that you deserve to feel good about your body and not compare it to others. I need you to know that being kind, generous, funny, smart, athletic, curious, hopeful, bold, and a million other things are so much more important than the way you look. I need you to KNOW that so we can start helping others know that as well.

I need you to believe in yourself. I need you to find yourself. I need you to trust yourself. I need you to know that life can be hard and painful but that you are strong. I need you to know that being vulnerable is not weak. I need you to know that you are not, nor have you ever been, weak. I need you to believe in your dreams. I need you to believe in chasing the unseen because you know your true self is out there waiting for you.

I need you to be you. I need you to be you with no apologies. I need you to free yourself so I can free myself. I need you to live a bold life so I can live a bold life. I need you to find your path so I can find mine. I need you to uplift the next generation. I need you to live out your passions so that you can change this world. I need you to let go of who you thought you were supposed to be and starting being who you were born to be.

I need you to be you so I can be me and so she can be she AND so we can all be who we were made to be.