you are everything

and more, the reminder

One thing,

that keeps popping up for me today,

is that your life isn’t defined by your trauma,

you are so much more

than some of the hardest things you have ever been through

i think many of us carry something,

triggers,

heartbreak,

wounds,

experiences that have shaped

the way we move through the world

those things are real and they matter,

but they don’t have to define you

they are part of your story,

and not the whole story

something that has stayed with me,

is the reminder that you are everything!

you’re the person that was hurt,

and the person who survived

you’re the version of yourself who struggled,

and you’re also the version who kept going,

the one who learned,

the one who healed,

the one who grew,

the one who laughed again,

the one who dreamed again,

the one who loved again

and that one that came back home to themselves

you may have been that version of you,

but you are also so much more

so if you’re struggling right now

and by golly,

many are right now,

please know this,

what happened to you is not the sum total of who you are

your story is bigger than your pain,

you are everything that you’ve been,

everything that you are

and everything you’re still becoming

so give yourself permission to come back to you,

it’s not about forgetting what happened,

but remembering that what happened

is only one part of who you are,

because there is so much more of you,

still waiting to be lived,

still waiting to be loved

still finding joy

lots of love,

love emm xxxxx