So Here I Am

I know that the world has not always been kind to you; sometimes, it does not know how to hold such a soft and tender thing. But I need you to understand that it is not your fault. It is not your fault that you feel so deeply, that every inch of your being pours out of your fingertips into those you care for. I need you to understand that it is okay to be the person who is brave with their love, who is brave with their heart. But I also need you to understand that it is okay to be tired. It is okay to walk away from someone who cannot hold your soul the way you hold theirs.

It is okay to walk away from situations, and human beings, that make your mind a hollow and haunted thing, that drain you of your hope. I need you to understand that you are not weak for failing to save someone who did not want to be saved. I need you to understand that you are not ruined for having loved a person who was incapable of loving you the way you were made to be loved. I need you to understand that you have permission to focus on yourself for a moment, that you are allowed to lay down your worry, that you are allowed to lay down all that hurts within you.

When you feel as if you were made to heal others, sometimes it is easy to forget that you were also made to heal yourself.
So — this is your reminder. You are allowed to take a step back from all that pulls at you within this world. You are allowed to nurture and mend and care for yourself the way you have always cared for others. You are allowed to make yourself a priority. Remember — you are allowed to rest.