Worthy All Along

I spent so long fighting that i forgot what peace felt like.
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For so many years I thought self-control and self-criticism and battling to prove my worth was a kind of self-love. But I was wrong — it was war masquerading as love.
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Because it is not in fighting and battling that we find peace — only surrender, vulnerability and unconditional acceptance will lead us to the peace, love and happiness that lives within.
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When you stop fighting, when you put down the weapons of self-destruction, when you walk away from the battlefield of self-hate, you will realise you were worthy all along.
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