We talk a lot about self love 💗 You deserve clothing that fits— true. You are worthy and are deserving of love, just as you are— true. We’ve been brainwashed to think we aren’t “enough” in order to line beauty/diet industry pockets— Abso-fkn-lutely, TRUE. But for me, there’s a (dare I say even trickier) component to loving yourself— and that’s extending love and compassion to your past self. The past self who maybe did things or held beliefs which you don’t at all relate to anymore. I look at the girl on the right, and oftentimes still, my instinct is to shift my eyes away because *I remember* and it makes me cringe a little. That girl was in my body, and she at times moved through the world in a way that current me does not sign off on. That’s an uncomfortable feeling, full stop. But I try to look at her with the compassion I’d look at a little sister. I acknowledge that she was the one who had to take the falls & learn all the hard lessons which made me who i am today.... And then the feeling comes. ✨Gratitude✨