The Little Girl Inside.

A friend of mine shared some sage advice today and I want to share it with all of you because I think everyone can use a reminder that they are wonderful and worth loving.

"You have a lot of inherent value. Your value is not measured by a romantic partner or shitty job or by a bad week that you're having. You need to be kind to yourselves. Imagine yourself as a little girl sitting in a room with you and comfort that little girl. Be good to her. Stop abusing her/yourself.

Give some thought to what you would say or do or feel about the little girl version of yourself if she was going through something that you're going through.

You would never punish the little girl for being sad or having doubts or being insecure. You would never tell her she wasn't good enough. You would not starve her or hurt her or judge her body or tell her to get over it or try to kill her or disregard her. You wouldn't send her off to just exist complacently in some shitty situation. 

You have to take care of her and love her and hold her and be good to her. Give her good advice and comfort her." 

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This is my little girl. She is really smart and kind and very curious and so so imaginative and way ahead of her time. Her smile lights up any room she enters. She is caring and compassionate and happy and kind of naive but she always manages to find the beauty in people and the world. She doesn't take herself or life too seriously. She isn't afraid to look silly in a photo. She laughs until her rainbow eyes disappear and her fat cheeks hurt and she gives the best hugs. She talks too much and is a little bossy but she is stronger than she knows and powerful beyond measure.

Here's my little girl, pantsless and barefoot, with rollers in my hair, playing with dolls. I'd say not much has changed except that now my dolls are real models. I will protect her always. She is the best part of me. ❤️