To My Younger Self Part 2

[00:00:18.21]We’re back to Rooted&Real,
[00:00:22.37]and now I’m speaking ‘To My Younger Self’.
[00:00:27.49]Today, I’m going to tell my younger self,
‘You Don’t Have To Be Perfect’.
[00:00:34.85]So as you walk this healing journey
with me, speak too to your younger self.
[00:00:44.53]Hey,
You don’t have to be perfect to be loved.
[00:00:51.61]I see you trying so hard.
[00:00:55.09]Straight As,
always smiling, always the good one,
[00:01:01.65]because you thought If you messed up,
they’d leave.
[00:01:06.69]That if you weren’t perfect,
you wouldn’t be enough.
[00:01:12.73]Baby, that’s exhausting.
[00:01:16.89]And it’s Not true.
[00:01:18.37]Not true at all.
[00:01:21.57]You are allowed to get it wrong.
[00:01:25.05]You’re allowed to cry,
to ask questions, to not know.
[00:01:32.29]You’re allowed to have bad
days and still be worthy.
[00:01:37.57]Perfectionism was your armour
because it kept you safe.
[00:01:43.69]But my younger me,
you don’t need an armour with me
[00:01:49.53]or with the right people.
[00:01:51.57]The people who love you will
love you on your messy days too.
[00:01:57.37]So rest, breathe, make mistakes.
[00:02:03.49]That’s how we grow,
and that’s how we become real.
[00:02:10.85]So my younger self, just listen.
[00:02:14.69]You don’t have to earn
your seat at the table.
[00:02:18.25]You don’t have to perform for love.
[00:02:22.37]You are already enough
right now as you are.
[00:02:30.97]Again to my younger self,
put the mask down.
[00:02:36.89]You don’t have to be perfect.
[00:02:41.09]You just have to be just you.