you need to know who you are or you'll be told who you are loved ones and society can inundate you with opinions and information knowing your value… - Yung Pueblo

we feel so safe with the ones we love that we often share with them our tension, our stress, our fear, our sadness, and even our anger but let us remember to also give them the best version of ourselves, our joy and happiness, our excitement and peace, our attention and care

feeling emotionally exhausted is common after opening up deeply or after experiencing a series of heightened emotions for an extended period of time. be prepared to take the quiet time and solitude you need to fully rejuventate. you are allowed to not be serious all of the time.

there is a moment of victory that eventually happens when you take your growth and healing seriously. you start to notice that you are no longer the same person who started the journey. every day is not a great day — there are still plenty of challenges — but there is a new freshness to life and the low points are not as low as they once were.

tough emotions don't control your actions the way they used to. when you do react, it is no longer as intense or overwhelming. you are not perfectly happy all the time, but that was never the goal. instead, you feel a new sense of calm because you've more deeply embraced the inevitability of change. you don't fear the ups and downs but have learned to glide with them.