You are enough.
I would be lying if I said I believed this about myself all the time.
But I say it anyway.
I say it with the hope of it one day being true. True in the sense that I fully believe my own words.
Does this make me a hypocrite? No. It makes me real, honest, broken, constantly changing, mending and falling flat on my face on the regular.
It’s a phrase I am growing into. Painstakingly slowly. But it’s happening.
Some days it’s easier to swallow these three
words and let the warmth they provide fill me with a glowing sense of purpose from the inside out. I have tiny pockets in a day where everything aligns and I believe them with my whole heart.
Other days they taste like a bitter gulp of unwanted nourishment. I choke them down like Buckley’s, resenting them every moment, fighting them at every inch of their journey into my reluctant body and mind.
They exist in direct opposition to a zeitgeist screaming in our ears at every moment, “Do more, see more, be more, hustle, prove your worth, go the distance, no days off!!!” A zeitgeist I heartily reply to with two apt words,
Fuck off
It becomes almost unbearable during the holidays. Be there for all the parties, buy gifts for all the people, put six more balls in your already full hands to juggle.
Which is why I want to offer this phrase to you;
You are enough.
Let it be an antidote for all the rush and pressure of the holidays.
You are enough
Let it be the voice you hear when that self destructive voice starts to pick a part your body.
You are enough
Let these words drown out the “You didn’t do enough” when the end of the day comes and all you want to do, all you NEED to do is rest.
You are enough.
Say it to yourself so you can say it to others. Fill their minds and hearts with the words you long to hear yourself.
Practice being enough by stopping, taking a deep breath and yelling, “FUCK OFF!!” to no one in particular. Just send a big f-you to the overachieving spirits of the age. Follow this with a defiant and soul fulfilling nap.
You are enough.
I’ll say it if you will.
I dare you.
I love you.
You are enough.
