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"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself."

Thich Nhat Hanh (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

"Instead of focusing on how far you still have to go, take some time today to remind yourself of how far you’ve already come. Yes, you’re still struggling. And yes, you still have some distance to cover, but those things don’t discount the progress you’ve already made. Healing takes time. It’s not a process that can be rushed. Beating yourself up for not being further along doesn’t improve your situation. It makes you feel awful and it keeps you stuck. Your journey may be slow, but it’s not without promise. Despite how difficult this process has been, despite how hopeless you’ve felt, despite all of the people who have told you that you would never make it, you’ve never once given up. You’ve never stopped fighting and pushing forward. So give yourself some credit for that. It wasn’t easy. But you did it, and you deserve to be proud of yourself. Let go of this idea that you should be further ahead, and trust that it’s okay to be where you are. Trust that you won’t be here forever. Trust that you will get to where you need to be. You’re doing the best you can each day to fight the darkness you feel, and that’s all you can ask of yourself. It’s enough."

Daniell Koepke (via internal-acceptance-movement)

Sorry <3

 for my lack of posting in the last week… All my assignments are due next week and with work and whatnot I am beyond exhausted! However I got my first assignment back with an A-, which is my first ever A!!!! That’s the benefit of attempting recovery folks. My last mark was in active relapse and I got a D. Don’t starve, study. :p