Is it okay to be me?

It's exhausting figuring out which fragment of me it's "acceptable" to be.

"just be yourself!"

"be authentic."

Whatever that means…

When is it "appropriate" to be your authentic self?

I'm tired of justifying who I am.

I long to just be me.

“It’s both a blessing and a burden to feel everything as deeply as I do.”

Initiation into liberation:

I give myself full permission for my own space dedicated to being all of who I am.

To fully experience and express everything within me, no matter how messy.

“i don’t see myself through the eyes of those who don’t value me.”

How cathartic, witnessing and expressing Me; raw and activated, without needing to be understood.

Without fragmenting myself.

Without apologizing for being sensitive or emotional.

The articulation of my inner world is art pouring onto a canvas.

My heart is big and beautiful; its vulnerable sensations and sentimental intensity are strength.

All of me is welcome here.

And all of you is welcome, too.

“I know who I am. I know what I want. I know what I deserve. I’m not settling.”