Don’t hold back on what makes you happy just because you fear it will make someone else uncomfortable. The more you tell yourself “no,” the more normalized it becomes and the more you become separated from the real you. You lost yourself for so many years by trying to become a person you never wanted to be.

          You’ll be happy one day. You’ll be the you that your instincts always knew you could be. Take comfort in knowing that it will happen and better yet, you will make it happen. Take the pressure off yourself a little. Relax and just . . . be.

          Sometimes the quiet ones are yelling on the inside.