One day I hope you wake up and realize that you’re better than the things you let yourself go through. I hope you wake up and see your beauty through the eyes of the ones who love you the most. I hope that when you wake up and realize that you’re right where you are supposed to be at this given moment, that you gain some form of comfort. I hope and pray for this for you because nobody ever did that for me. Nobody ever sat me down and talked with me and made me feel comfortable in my own skin, and that isn’t something I would wish on my worst enemy. I wish someone would have sat me down when I was younger and told me that I didn’t have to settle for anything less than what I deserve. It’s the little things that people tell you or give you advice about something you’re going through. Sometimes you sit up late at night just thinking where you went wrong, where you could have done something just a little bit better or could have pulled back some, but the truth is that you’re not doing anything wrong. You’re going in the direction you need to be going to get to where you want. You don’t need to worry about the things you did in the past, it was either a dream come true or a lesson learned. You can’t change the past but you can change your future. The only way to do that is to change your outlook and your attitude about life. You can’t wake up every morning and say you can’t do something because then that’s your mindset about the rest of your day. That will be your outlook on things the rest of your life. You have to wake up and realize that only you can change the course of your life for the better. Stop putting yourself in situations that can put your mental health at risk. I say that because your mental health is where everything can start to turn on you faster than anything else. It’s worse than a physical injury, almost. It’s the same pain but it’s all in your head and you have the power to change that. Start doing things for you and nobody else. I get it, we can all be people pleasers and there is nothing wrong with that. There just has to be a time where you put yourself first for once. If you start putting yourself first and not last you’ll start to see a huge difference in your life. I’m not saying stop caring about others and how others are doing, just start caring about yourself more than what you think you do. Do better for yourself. Leave that relationship, job, cut out toxic people, yes that means family too. That’s also another thing that people tend to forget, family can be toxic. It hurts to cut them out, but you don’t have to do it forever. You just need to give yourself time and space away from toxic people. You have to be able to give yourself the time of day. You can’t make others happy until you make yourself happy and that might be the hardest pill to swallow. Please wake up one day and see for yourself that you deserve better.
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About the Creator
Khaleb Hudson
If I can write even just one story that someone can relate to or a story that can help someone, then my job here is done. Transman, 22, Cosmetolgy student.
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