cherry blade 🍒

a letter to anyone who feels like life is whooping their ass a little bit: a lot of people on social media, come on here to show their best, to appear to have it all together, to flex, or to find their unique way to feel a step ahead. the comparison can steal your joy, even when you don't want it to. it can feel like you're the only one not "getting it right", or "not winning enough" but it's important to know that's not true. it's hard to run into authenticity; especially when it's inconveniently imperfect... but even more so when it's dark and unflattering to expectations you've set for yourself. sometimes life is really fucking hard and we're too embarrassed or exhausted to even detail why. there are other times when you wish you had just one other person who felt or understood every pain, grief, agonizing thought, mistake, or struggle you feel. it doesn't matter when the pain happened or why it's still there... just know that it's important and THIS IS A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. to be loved is to be considered; but to be understood without being vulnerable or having to explain yourself, is sometimes all we really need. it's comforting to know that it's not just you drowning in racing thoughts, sadness concealed as tiredness, and anxiety about a future you thought you had all planned out or a past you think destroyed you. if you made it this far: • you are acknowledged. • you are seen. • you are felt. • you are trying. • you are doing your best and if you're not, you have a chance to try again... but ONLY if you feel like it. try to remember if you feel like you have nothing or not enough, you have a choice. but promise me, that no matter how big or small it is... you'll keep choosing yourself.