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Enough

And then she found her way,
not because she knew where she was going,
but because she slowly allowed herself to fall in love with the person she was.
And that was enough.

“She slowly allowed herself to fall in love with the person she was.

And that was enough.”

@tozandothersaltywords 

The journey included getting lost,  
it showed her twists and turns she hadn’t anticipated. Her horse blinds of the one track life she had anticipated were ripped off.

“But then she realised she was her own compass.”

@tozandothersaltywords 

She felt lost, unplanned and as if she lacked direction. But then she realised she was her own compass.  
Where was she going? She had no idea.  
Was she ready to embrace it with all of her?

Absolutely.

@tozandothersaltywords

A Letter to my Younger Self

Dearest younger self,

I see you.

The way you adapt, change, even hide who you are. I see you grappling with the million thoughts that go through your head every second. I feel every emotion, every hurt, every love, every heartbreak, all of it. It’s still here.

I’m over 10 years down the line from you and I still feel, remember, know and see all of you.

“I feel every emotion, every hurt, every love, every heartbreak, all of it. It’s still here.”

@tozandothersaltywords

I need you to do something for us. I need you to start loving you.
Not every stranger you meet, or person who’s story that makes your heart bleed…
…no my child, I need you to love you.

Focus on you. It’s as if you forgot how to be selfish, and due to that everyone you’ve ever met expects unwavering selflessness. You turn up on time for them, but often lack the respect to turn up for yourself. This is not meant to sound cruel but I can tell you that if you continue on that track you may well end up finding out that you can’t make everyone happy the hard way.

“You turn up on time for them, but often lack the respect to turn up for yourself.”

@tozandothersaltywords

The things we will feel, love, lose and witness will be what makes us. The times that we cry, howl and help those we love will build our character. And I do not mean that we should ever hesitate to give our time and add value to people, but please oh please remember that the first person to be giving all that love to always should be to yourself. That’s what I’ve learned. And that’s what I’ve realised is important.

“please oh please remember that the first person to be giving all that love to always should be to yourself.”

@tozandothersaltywords

Once you do love yourself you will no longer feel the need to hide who you are from other people you meet. You will no longer adapt to look a certain way or smile at situations you do not wish to smile through. You will no longer change who you are as a person just to please others when you meet them. You will no longer help the ones you love because of obligation but because you have the capacity to do so. You shall be far smarter than I, you will know that the secret of being able to give starts with giving to yourself first.

“The things we will feel, love, lose and witness will be what makes us. The times that we cry, howl and help those we love will build our character.”

@tozandothersaltywords

I could give you stories and memories that  will stay with me forever more, but you need to experience those yourself. My hope of this letter is that if I can impart this one lesson, this one nugget. Maybe, just maybe you will be able to change and help more than I have or ever will.

“The battle scars that got me here I wear with pride and make me the person I am today.”

@tozandothersaltywords

I hope you know this isn’t that I want to change where I am or you getting here. The battle scars that got me here I wear with pride and make me the person I am today. All I wish for, is that along the way and through the ups and downs you make sure you love yourself, just a little bit more.

I love you and I love your love, I will always be your number 1 fan,

Your older self

@tozandothersaltywords

Prison of love

It didn’t matter so much anymore, if I told him what I thought, really thought. He was no longer a part of me I was willing to water. I did not think of him unless it was for a practical purpose, or to learn a new lesson about myself. It felt like I was slowly freeing myself from the prison of love I had trapped myself in (for only I had chosen to let myself be stuck in there). As I left that space and walked back towards myself, I gave all of that love back to me. For the first time, in a very long time. I felt safe again.

@tozandothersaltywords

The Compare


The change into something new, someone new.
Every moment re-navigating and learning from scratch once again.
Trying to figure out if it is incredible or you’re blinded once more.
Finding traits so much better than before, accepting kindness you’ve never experienced.

“re-navigating and learning from scratch once again.”

@tozandothersaltywords

But you hesitate.
You’re scared of letting go with someone new.
You compare, contrast, question and over analyse every tiny detail.
Have you let go?
Have you landed into a space of enjoying the journey?

“But you hesitate.
You’re scared of letting go with someone new.
You compare, contrast, question and over analyse every tiny detail.”

@tozandothersaltywords

You tell yourself over and over it’s not a destination.
Why so wound up?  It’s only been a few months.
That doesn’t help, last time it was over half a decade and they left.

There it is again, the compare.
We all do it.
After all, it is our only reference point, everything that ever broke us, follows us, keeps us on our toes.

“There it is again, the compare.
We all do it.
After all, it is our only reference point, everything that ever broke us”

@tozandothersaltywords

You sit in your head overthinking, overdreaming.
Then they do something, it is so small you barely acknowledge it consciously.
Somehow you’ve let them in, you’ve let them in and you’re still scared
And still learning.

You recount endless discussions trying to make sure you don’t break again.
And in that moment you realise you can’t,
You can’t compare.
Your emotions must be free to be able to even contemplate new change,
New things,
New people.

“You can’t compare.
Your emotions must be free to be able to even contemplate new change”

@tozandothersaltywords

So go feel it,
Leave the comparisons, the memories of heartbreak and hard lessons far from the new.
Stop using them as an excuse.
Stop letting them mute your happiness,
For what’s in front of you has never harmed you nor given you reason to hesitate.
Go love freely, be honest with yourself, remember you’ve never been in this position before and unless they give you a reason to,
Stop the compare.

“Stop using them as an excuse.
Stop letting them mute your happiness,
For what’s in front of you has never harmed you nor given you reason to hesitate.”

@tozandothersaltywords
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Let Yourself Land (part 3)

Thanks to Danielle Wills for inspiring this entire trilogy, sometimes people have no idea how much their words affect, inspire and heal others and I hope mine can give at least one person as much help as Danielle’s gave to me.

And once you’ve landed in that love for yourself, know this.
They will feel it.
They will want to be part of it.
And they will try everything in their power to prove to you that they should bask in your new found happiness with you.

“And they will try everything in their power to prove to you that they should bask in your new found happiness with you.”

@tozandothersaltywords


By then though, you’ve already gone through the rollercoaster,
Got off and
Walked onto the next ride.
Don’t get me wrong, when they show up, it’ll hurt.
You’ll wonder why they couldn’t have said all of these things,
Been all of these things,
loved you like that,
When you were together.
But you smile to yourself knowing that when you walked away, you knew that was probably going to have to be forever.

“By then though, you’ve already gone through the rollercoaster, got off and walked onto the next ride.”

@tozandothersaltywords


You’ll think about how far you have come.
Yes, tears will fall, as your memory triggers to every iota of pain you had to overcome and yes it’ll feel shit, the flood gates will open, you will howl on your floor half screaming in anger at them and the other at you for ever letting someone treat you like that.

“Yes, tears will fall, as your memory triggers to every iota of pain you had to overcome”

@tozandothersaltywords


The empowering part will be that through all those tears you do not want them back, but are ready to finally say the last goodbye.
You will sit up and realise they are the final tears.
The final hurt,
The last time the salt water will cascade down your cheeks because of them.
And as you let the final drops fall, you feel lighter.
You inhale and feel the breath enter your lungs fully, as if for the first time.

You’re now fully ready, for what’s next.

“You will sit up and realise they are the final tears.
The final hurt,
The last time the salt water will cascade down your cheeks because of them.”

@tozandothersaltywords

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Letting yourself Land (part 2)

Crash landing & letting go

Letting go isn’t necessarily what you need to do. Letting yourself land, puts you in a space where eventually you realise one day that you have let go.

Just saying let go makes it feel like an instant occurrence…as if you can just be done with what’s causing you pain. But you can’t. It is not instant and it is not going to happen when you want it to or think you need it to. I’m sorry to say you will have to sit with it.

“It is not instant and it is not going to happen when you want it to or think you need it to.”

@tozandothersaltywords

You will have to land in the uncomfortable matrix you’ve ended up in. It will be raw and uneasy and sometimes the landing will be bumpy as hell, you might even crash land, but…once you have landed, you feel it.

“You will have to land in the uncomfortable matrix you’ve ended up in.”

@tozandothersaltywords

You feel the ground beneath your feet, the soil, the mud, the grass, the tarmac, whatever you’ve imagined landing on. And you stand up. Just like that you have landed…and once you’ve landed in that moment of emotions, you have no other option but to begin following your feet all over again.

“once you’ve landed in that moment of emotions, you have no other option but to begin following your feet all over again.”

@tozandothersaltywords

Re-trusting your decisions, your path, re-finding your worth and self love. It won’t all be smiles and joy, but my gosh it will heal you, it will teach you true love for yourself. And once you have that love for yourself, no one will be able to break that ever again.

“It won’t all be smiles and joy, but my gosh it will heal you, it will teach you true love for yourself.”

@tozandothersaltywords

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Never the Same Again

In that moment, as if by magic
she felt it.
She opened her heart and felt all that had been in front of her this whole time.
It was all the beautiful souls in her life lifting her up,
They were and are her love, her life choice.
Each one gifting her their own sparks of magic.

“She opened her heart and felt all that had been in front of her this whole time. “

@tozandothersaltywords

That’s the beauty of her friends,
Not one of them came with expectation , judgement or demands, each one was happy and content to just be.
Not one of them demanded her energy but would receive it when needed
In a similar fashion to the way they gave theirs when she was in need.
They balanced each other and that forcefield was filled with enough power to light up the darkest spaces any of them could fall into.

“They balanced each other and that forcefield was filled with enough power to light up the darkest spaces any of them could fall into.”

@tozandothersaltywords

That was the love for life she wanted, and as she realised that, accepted that, she knew she’d never be the same again.

Sexy and Free

The curve of her waist
The warmth of her skin
The scent of her neck
The softness of her breast
The swish of her hair
The taste of her tongue
The body she loves
That keeps her alive
Is sexy and free
Beyond the controls
Of what society expects it to be.

@tozandothersaltywords