Written by: Katyayani Mishra
We all need a reminder to tell ourselves that we deserve to live, and we deserve to have every good thing for ourselves. We don’t have to feel guilty because we choose ourselves. We all need to be told that it wasn’t our fault. We all want to feel validated and happy. What if I told you that you can tell that yourself. You can tell yourself how much you love yourself. And, you can make yourself feel heard. Because sometimes more than someone esle telling it you, all you need to hear is your voice.
Sometimes, maybe you just need a mirror to stand in front of to appreciate yourself.
Sometimes you need something, a song, poetry, music, to reassure you.
Sometimes all you need is someone to hold you while you cry.
Sometimes you need to look up at the sky and feel like you are small while questioning yourself.
Sometimes you just need to walk endlessly, run like crazy, feel like you are blending in the crowd just to realise and feel yourself.
Sometimes you just have to see around and feel like you are just a part of the world.
And sometimes you need to be proud and self-aware to boost confidence.
You need to just give yourself time and love sometimes, and you don’t have to make sense to anyone but yourself.
Sometimes your heart knows much better than your mind, and all we need to do is surrender and trust the process.
Because sometimes you don’t need to know what you are doing or even have it figured it out.
Conclusion
Life isn’t a race to clarity but a slow unfolding, a gentle learning of who we are beneath the noise. We’re not meant to have every answer, nor to walk through every moment with certainty. Sometimes, all we can do is show up for ourselves with softness, with patience, with the courage to trust what we feel even when it contradicts what we think. Because in the end, it’s these small, fragile moments looking in the mirror, losing ourselves in a crowd, breaking down, rising again that teach us we are human, imperfect, growing, becoming. That is enough.
