We're back to Rooted&Real,
and now I'm speaking 'To My Younger Self'.
Today, I'm going to tell my younger self, 'You Don't Have To Be Perfect'.
So as you walk this healing journey with me, speak too to your younger self.
Hey, You don't have to be perfect to be loved.
I see you trying so hard.
Straight As, always smiling, always the good one,
because you thought If you messed up, they'd leave.
That if you weren't perfect, you wouldn't be enough.
Baby, that's exhausting.
And it's Not true.
Not true at all.
You are allowed to get it wrong.
You're allowed to cry, to ask questions, to not know.
You're allowed to have bad days and still be worthy.
Perfectionism was your armour because it kept you safe.
But my younger me, you don't need an armour with me
or with the right people.
The people who love you will love you on your messy days too.
So rest, breathe, make mistakes.
That's how we grow, and that's how we become real.
So my younger self, just listen.
You don't have to earn your seat at the table.
You don't have to perform for love.
You are already enough right now as you are.
Again to my younger self, put the mask down.
You don't have to be perfect.
You just have to be just you.