Some days, you feel light.
Hopeful.
Certain that you’re finally okay.

Other days, old memories return.
Emotions resurface.
And you wonder if you’ve moved at all.

That doesn’t mean healing isn’t happening.

Healing doesn’t move in straight lines.
It moves in waves.

You revisit lessons
not because you failed,
but because deeper understanding is forming.

You’re not going backward.
You’re integrating what you’ve learned.

You’re learning how to sit with discomfort
without running from it.
How to feel emotions
without letting them control you.

That’s progress.

You stop judging yourself
for having hard days.
You stop expecting permanent happiness.

Instead, you aim for honesty.
For balance.
For emotional clarity.

You understand now
that healing is not about erasing pain.
It’s about building the capacity to live with it
without losing yourself.

You give yourself grace
on days when strength feels distant.
You remind yourself
that resilience doesn’t mean invincibility.

Every time you choose awareness over avoidance,
you heal a little more.

Every time you return to yourself
after feeling lost,
you reinforce stability.

Trust the process—
even when it feels uneven.

You are not broken.
You are becoming more whole,
one imperfect step at a time.