It’s too easy for us to let the world get us down. It’s too easy for us to let our broken hearts to dictate the way we feel about ourselves. We let others’ actions define us; when someone treats us badly, we jump to thoughts of “I’m not good enough.”
The truth is, we are good enough, and we always have been. The heartache caused by the world around us blinds us to our own perfections and strengths. Sometimes, we just need a little reminder to embrace how amazing we are and to give ourselves the love we need. And who better to remind us than the talented poet r.h. Sin?
1. “Who you love, what you love, and how you love depends on how much you love yourself.”
2. “It’s tough being the one who is always giving without receiving. It’s tough being the one to try when others don’t feel the need to make an effort. But one day, life will reward you with someone capable of reciprocating the love you give…”
3. “They’re just jealous. They hate the fact that you’re no longer the way you used to be and you refuse to go through the same things you used to go through. People do that, you know. They may not wish bad upon you but they’re more comfortable with you doing bad.”
4. “Women like you are hard to come by. Women like you are hard to break. Don’t let them treat you like you’re ordinary. Don’t let them tear you down.”
5. “Dear woman, you are rare, extraordinary. You are the heat living in a flame. Burn bright.”
6. “Don’t let yourself down. You have you…and you are enough.”
7. “You are magic clinging to bones. Wrapped in skin. Covered in scars, but tonight you are beautiful.”
8. “But you’ve always been good enough. You’ve just been giving the best parts of you to the wrong people.”
9. “You’re tired yet unable to sleep. You’re taken and yet you feel so alone. You smile in photos and yet your heart aches. You deserve peace and still, you deal with so much chaos. You deserve better and yet you continue to give them second chances. You’re not alone. Just be strong, it gets better.”
10. “I know you. You’re the one wearing that smile, even though last night you barely slept. Your selfies tell a different story, the one you don’t want others to know. Happiness on the surface but there’s pain in your soul. I think the world of you. The way you stand upright, refusing to fall. You walk through the madness and if you had to, you’d crawl. So to the strongest souls I know, to the one’s reading this now. When the world throws its punches, defend yourself and adjust your crown.”
11. “Dear woman, I want you to know that you are good enough. You are special. You are majestic. I know you’re going through it, you’re hurting. You’re broken or have been before, but there’s something truly beautiful living within your soul. It’s okay to lose control. It’s okay not to be okay. It’s okay to fall. It’s okay to feel weakness. It’s okay to be honest about all the things you feel. You’re a woman, a gender capable of turning pain into power.
12. “Sometimes hell is the person who promised you something heavenly. The devil is good at pretending to be everything you want.”
13. “You’re just searching for what you give and that’s the hardest part. Finding a heart that matches your own.”
14. “Sometimes they have to lose you to realize your worth and sometimes you can’t let them back in. Sometimes you have to teach them a lesson by letting go and moving on.”
15. “Right now…you only need yourself.”
