797 ㅡ I am proud of who you are becoming.

If no one told you this today—I am proud of who you are becoming.

Sometimes, we need to be reminded that we are deserving of everything we desire from life. That nothing in our past makes us unworthy of our future. That there is beauty in working towards healing, and growing, and becoming the kind of person who adds light and hope into this world, in even the smallest of ways. I see how hard you are trying. And I want you to know that I am proud of you for that. You deserve to believe in a future you have yet to feel. You deserve to believe that there is beauty waiting out there for you, that the things that are meant to find you and stay, are going to come into your life, that you are going to realize your dreams, that you are going to discover your own version of happiness.

You are deserving of good love. You deserve to find something that feels soft, and real, and pointed. You deserve to be someone's favourite thing. You deserve to find the people that leave your bones filled with hope, the kind of friends that know you by heart. You deserve to feel like you do not have to apologize for the way you care. You deserve to be surrounded by human beings who see you, who truly see you, who stand by your side, who show up. You deserve the kind of love you give to everyone around you.

You are deserving of happiness. You are deserving of the kind of happiness that exists on your own terms. The kind of happiness that pours out of you and into the art you make and the love you give and the way you show up in this world. You deserve to experience the kind of life that is a reflection of your hope, the kind of life that is an extension of the things that bring you back home to yourself, the kind of life that feels like it is so for you. No matter what you have been through, no matter how you have been weathered, no matter what storms you have had to fight—you deserve to heal, and to be happy. Nothing that you have been through has made you unworthy of living a life that brings you joy. Please don't ever forget that. Do not question the good that comes into your life. It was meant to find you.

I am proud of who you are becoming. And you should be, too.

Sincerely yours,

Senjakala.