It’s ok to be different. It’s ok to not fit in. It’s ok to feel you belong to a world you’ve not yet discovered. It’s ok to yearn for something you’ve not yet experienced. It’s ok to need something other than what is being offered to you. It’s ok to cry, even when you don’t understand the reason for your tears. It’s ok to feel emotions that cannot be put into words. It’s ok to say no. It’s ok to do what nobody else is doing. It’s ok to love yourself unconditionally, just as you are right now. It’s ok to reinvent yourself without warning. It’s ok if you are too much for some people (those aren’t your people). It’s ok if you are not enough for some people (those aren’t your people either). It’s ok to honor your needs. It’s ok to fully express yourself with all the creative energy you can muster. It’s ok to throw away your to-do list on a Tuesday afternoon, turn up the music and dance with wild abandon until you feel joy bursting at the seams of your soul.
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It’s ok to fall in love with the parts of yourself others consider weird. It’s ok to break down. It’s ok if the passion dripping from your fingertips shows up on everything you touch. It’s ok to respect yourself enough to hold out for what you want. It’s ok to be complicated and misunderstood. It’s ok to walk away. It’s ok to live life on your own terms without apology. It’s ok to exist in your truth even when it makes sense to nobody but you. It’s ok to follow your own way without explanation. It’s ok to take off the mask and show your naked beauty to the world. It’s ok to put down your shield and let someone in. It’s ok to love deeply. It’s ok to stop pretending you’ve got it all figured out. It’s ok to say “I love you” each and every time you truly mean it. It’s ok to require intimacy and honesty in your relationships. It’s ok to lay down in the green grass and rest your bones when there’s still work to do. It’s ok to disappoint another to be true to yourself. It’s ok to make your own rules and break them when you want. It’s ok to question everything you’ve ever been told.