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REPEAT AFTER ME: I have acknowledged my past mistakes and I have chosen to forgive myself.

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It took me a long time to accept that the past is the past and that there is nothing I can do to change that. Life is all about trial and error, and I think it's time for us all to accept that we will all do things we never thought we'd ever do. We may not be able to change our past but we can certainly reshape our future and it starts with self-forgiveness.

REPEAT AFTER ME BELOW: I have acknowledged my past mistakes and I have chosen to forgive myself 👇🏾

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Regardless of the challenges and obstacles that have been put in front of me, I am staying optimistic about the remainder of the year.

- Tene Edwards

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I am on a self-love journey; still learning how to love myself. I carry wounds that I have not yet healed from; somedays they seem to disappear and other days they bleed heavily.

- Tene Edwards

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I know it feels like the pain will never go away. Its hard to accept that the one you thought you’d be building a future with has turned their back on you. Like how can somebody who claimed to have loved you turn so cold? I remember not even knowing what to tell my friends because I was trying to make sense of it all myself. The embarrassment. I loved him harder than I ever loved anyone, why would he betray me? It took me years to understand that life can be brutal at times and lessons are sometimes taught in the most distasteful of ways. I cannot tell you that you will stop loving him. Maybe you won’t. But I do believe that after some time the love will change shape. Once you start to focus on yourself, you will begin to think about him less. Other things will become important and other things will excite you more. Sometimes we grow together with people, and other times we grow apart. You will meet new people to love and you will love yourself differently.

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Don’t be afraid to love again. I know how hard it is to let your guard down when heartbreak has struck you too many times. I remember not trusting a single word any guy showing interest would say to me. He’s just another fuck boy I’d convince myself. Becoming cold hearted was my defence mechanism against heartbreak. I just couldn’t bring myself to fall again. I feared the worst and led my mind to focus on all the negative things that could happen. I was trapped inside my misery and put strong barriers up to stop myself getting close to anyone. I was playing it safe, so I thought... until I started my journey of healing and changed the words I spoke over myself. In Chapter 5: Summer Freedom you will find a number of pieces I wrote to myself that helped restore my faith in love. Now I wouldn’t say that my fear of heartbreak has disappeared altogether, but I surely have come a long way. I will always find it difficult to open myself up to love, but I have learnt that the opposite of love is not hate, but fear, therefore closing yourself off pushes love away and blocks it from entering your heart. The sad thing is many of us are wounded from heartbreak and are walking through life in fear of it. Some part of us want connection and love but this frightens another part of us. When the opportunity presents itself I say take the risk and give love another shot. Always give love another shot. I have.

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[teneedwards]

Life can be brutal at times and lessons are sometimes taught in the most distasteful of ways.

- Tene Edwards