Growing Inward

By chance, I opened an old diary long sealed away. Between its yellowed lines, it recorded the faltering steps and resilience that carried me here.

When I was young, I thought love was something to seek outside myself. So I gave it everything I had, stumbling along as I tried to please others and confirm my worth through their eyes.

Only now do I understand that love was never something I needed to ask others for.

When you learn to turn your gaze inward and grow from within, you discover that the abundance of love has always been in your own heart.

Theme: Loving yourself is the only truth