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“I was not always confident enough to speak the words the way I felt them. Thought silence would suffocate the pain. It does not. I taught myself to come alive. I wrote and wrote and wrote until my mouth could form the words my backbone wouldn’t carry. I wrote until I found the truth of things, until I saw the light again. There is always light somewhere beyond the bruises and the names you call yourself. Sometimes your worst enemy is in your own skin. Sometimes it shares your face and claims to love you. That… that hateful voice is not love – I promise you. There will come a day when your fight is bigger than your fear, when you nearly claw your way out of your body to prove you exist. Leave that skin for someone else and design your own wings. You are a masterpiece – magnificent in your glory. Have you seen her lately? The girl – the girl with the halo smile and welcome home hands. She is the best thing never seen ‘cause you’re too busy being scared to be great, and I get it. Sometimes your body is as cumbersome as adulthood is. Sometimes you’re drowning and wonder if anyone even notices, read books for answers and nothing speaks to you. We are told our complexity is a burden by people too weak to embrace their own condition to be selfless, exist, restless, unhappy, and never, never expected to verbalize it. We are told to balance the uncertainty of this world with grace in stiletto heels and perfect complexion, and that… that is just not realistic. So let’s… let’s rewrite these unspoken rules – the ones that shackle us to people we never intended on being. NEWSFLASH! You’re allowed to fart. Cellulite – well, cellulite is the devil. ‘Get out, you naked girl with cellulite!’ said no one ever! So get over it! High heels are not a requirement. A flat stomach is not for everyone, ‘cause chips are delicious! You are allowed to be as you truly are. There is space for every person on the spectrum. We are dynamic if nothing else, gorgeously ourselves. We are women of something greater. Speak, and the universe will react! Align your actions with your intentions and watch your life become breathtaking at sunset. I dare you.”

Natalie Patterson, via Soul Pancake