“I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.”
your relationship with yourself cannot be built entirely around improvement. at some point, you have to become someone you are allowed to enjoy being. you get to be proud of who you are. present tense
Do not project your limitations onto people who are just getting started. Your ceiling is not their ceiling. Your "that won't work" is based on your attempt, your resources, your season. They're operating with different variables. Let them run their own experiments.
Get used to doing things on your own. Go to the movies, try that restaurant, visit the museum, attend the concert. Don’t wait for someone to do life with you before you start enjoying it.
One of the hardest parts about choosing yourself is accepting that the right decision doesn't always feel like the happy one.
Sometimes it still feels like grief.
Because protecting your peace doesn't erase the fact that you loved them.