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We're back to Rooted&Real,

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and now I'm speaking 'To My Younger Self'.

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Today, I'm going to tell my younger self,
'You Don't Have To Be Perfect'.

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So as you walk this healing journey
with me, speak too to your younger self.

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Hey,
You don't have to be perfect to be loved.

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I see you trying so hard.

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Straight As,
always smiling, always the good one,

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because you thought If you messed up,
they'd leave.

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That if you weren't perfect,
you wouldn't be enough.

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Baby, that's exhausting.

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And it's Not true.

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Not true at all.

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You are allowed to get it wrong.

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You're allowed to cry,
to ask questions, to not know.

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You're allowed to have bad
days and still be worthy.

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Perfectionism was your armour
because it kept you safe.

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But my younger me,
you don't need an armour with me

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or with the right people.

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The people who love you will
love you on your messy days too.

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So rest, breathe, make mistakes.

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That's how we grow,
and that's how we become real.

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So my younger self, just listen.

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You don't have to earn
your seat at the table.

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You don't have to perform for love.

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You are already enough
right now as you are.

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Again to my younger self,
put the mask down.

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You don't have to be perfect.

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You just have to be just you.