You deserve to wholeheartedly love yourself and your life. You deserve to break free from your past and the hurt it has held you in for too long. You deserve to find whole healing and full freedom from any darkness that tries to take your light. You deserve to finally find the peace your soul has been searching for.you deserve to see yourself as someone who is beautiful you wouldn t be here if you weren t meant to be precisely the person you are. You deserve to be loved by someone who loves you with unconditional love the kind of love you have always dreamed of. I hope you never tell yourself that you are worth nothing because you are worth everything. Sometimes life is beautiful and then unimaginably difficult, but that doesn t mean it won t be beautiful again. You can t wait until life doesn t hurt anymore to choose to believe you deserve more. You can t wait until you feel ready to start stepping towards your dreams. You deserve to find everything you re looking to get out of this precious life. More than anything I just hope you know that you deserve to be here, now. The world would never be the same without you. It’s time to focus on yourself and no one else. Stop taking care of everyone else before you take care of yourself. Stop just trying to just get by in this life. What do you want? What do you need? What is best for you? Choosing yourself is never selfish. Before you can be the best you can be for anyone else you have to be the best you can be for yourself. You have it in you to become a version of yourself that you genuinely love. You have it in you to become someone you’re so proud of. Thank you for being the person who makes people feel okay when they’re not okay. The world truly is a kinder place because you are in it.

Her beautifully bound book, All That You Deserve, contains quotes, thoughts and poems to inspire and comfort you. Placed on a book shelf or coffee table, this book is sure to bring style and positivity into your space. Your mind is a precious piece of you that must be taken care of with more kindness than you give it. Please, do not listen to the lies it tells you. Do not listen to the thoughts that tell you that you are not good enough. Do not listen to the thoughts that think you have anyone to compare yourself to. Do not listen to the thoughts that think you are not worthy of tomorrow. Please, remind your mind that it is precious. Remind your mind that it works so hard all of the time and you are thankful for it. Please, do not judge your thoughts. Be a friend to them. Tell the thoughts that are not good to walk away. Remind your mind that thoughts are only thoughts. Your future is filled with so much goodness. Be kind. Be kind. Be kind. Your hard work will pay off. Maybe not soon, but someday you will see that your efforts meant something all along.Thought Catalog Books is a publishing imprint of Thought Catalog, a digital magazine for thoughtful storytelling, and is owned and operated by The Thought & Expression Company, an independent media group based in Brooklyn, NY. Founded in 2010, we are committed to helping people become better communicators and listeners to engender a more exciting, attentive, and imaginative world. As a publisher and media platform, we help creatives all over the world realize their artistic vision and share it in print and digital forms with audiences across the globe. I promise, you have a purpose for your life that hasn’t been revealed to you yet. You can and you must continue trying to find your path. Someday you will understand why going to what seems like a dead-end always leads to an opportunity for something better. You are always being guided to what is best for you if you simply stay open to the possibility that you will end up where you belong when the time is right. For now, I hope you know that you are growing into who you are meant to.

So you hold it all in until your soul can’t hold it any longer. Maybe feelings you don’t want to feel surround you and being awake is exhausting. Maybe no one knows what you are feeling because you don’t have the energy to explain yourself. Maybe you don’t even know how to put words to what you’re going through, and that is so frustrating. Maybe you tell yourself you’re overreacting. You’re not overreacting—you’re going through something difficult.

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You deserve to wholeheartedly love yourself and your life. You deserve to break free from your past and the hurt it has held you in for too long. You deserve to find whole healing and full

Who do I feel most like myself around? Who makes me feel more energized than drained? Who doesn’t judge me when I’m feeling off? Who encourages me to be the best version of myself I can be without making me feel guilty? Lean into these people. Let go of the ones who bring you down more than they bring you up. Life is too short to put up with people whose energy doesn’t align with yours.You deserve to wholeheartedly love yourself and your life. You deserve to break free from your past and the hurt it has held you in for too long. You deserve to find whole healing and full freedom from any darkness that tries to take your light. You deserve to finally find the peace your soul has been searching for. We are all going through something simultaneously. We are all connected. We are all doing the best we can. Let’s keep doing the best we can—that is enough. Every single second where you are, as you are, is more than enough. I hope you know you don’t have to apologize for anything that means you are putting yourself first.