To My Younger Self Part 1

[00:00:17.49]I am back, and welcome
back to Rooted&Real.
[00:00:21.61]We’re going to do five
episodes on ‘To My Younger Self’.
[00:00:27.33]It’s a healing thing, and I’d like you to
go for this journey with me.
[00:00:35.17]Now, the first one, actually,
I got this inspiration from my brother,
[00:00:40.57]from another mother.
He’s called (Jackson) Saya.
[00:00:43.65]And thanks, Saya.
[00:00:45.77]So the first bit is ‘It Wasn’t Your Fault’.
[00:00:51.57]I know you thought if you were quieter,
smarter, better,
[00:00:58.53]that it wouldn’t have happened.
[00:01:01.09]I know you replayed it and wondered
what you did wrong.
[00:01:07.61]But listen to me.
[00:01:10.37]Adults should have protected you.
[00:01:13.29]People should have chosen you.
[00:01:16.57]Their choice is never about your worth.
[00:01:20.13]You were just a kid.
[00:01:22.45]You were just trying to survive.
[00:01:27.09]Just trying to be loved.
[00:01:29.49]Just trying to make sense
of things too big for you.
[00:01:33.65]You didn’t deserve the confusion.
[00:01:36.13]You didn’t deserve the silence.
[00:01:38.65]You didn’t deserve to carry that weight.
[00:01:42.05]So put it down now.
[00:01:45.57]It was never yours to carry.
[00:01:47.49]You were a child.
[00:01:50.73]You did the best you
could with what you had.
[00:01:55.17]So you’re safe now.
[00:01:59.01]You’re here now, they can’t hurt you.
[00:02:03.45]And I believe you, and I see you,
and I’m totally proud of you.
[00:02:12.13]My younger self, we’re safe now.
[00:02:15.93]We’re healing now.
[00:02:19.29]Yes, I’m telling my younger self,
it wasn’t your fault, and it never was.
[00:02:27.93]Please leave a comment
and tell me how it was for you and ‘karibu sana’ (welcome)
[00:02:33.01]for the next one, which is,
‘You Don’t Have To Be Perfect’.
[00:02:39.37]Thank you.