Colleen George

Constantly remind yourself that changing your body will not change your life. Changing your body will not change you. Your body is just one small detail.

I know how hard things are for you right now.

I like that I’m not a simple girl. I’m messy and chaotic. I’m complicated and spontaneous.

Letting go means releasing what you have and making beautiful, freeing space for what is to come.

I feel upset that I can’t celebrate her in the real, alive sort of way. It feels like the fact that I am “motherless” is being thrown in my face.

Looking differently didn’t make me more valuable. It didn’t make me a better human being. And it absolutely did not change my relationship with myself.

It’s time for you to release the burden of who you used to be and welcome, with open arms, who you are now.

We hide away our feelings out of fear of the pain that accompanies rejection.

I am sorry for not always standing up for you. I am sorry for letting you believe that the size and shape of your body reflected the value and beauty of your mind.

You are needed here to share your own individuality, and you are needed to fill the empty corners of the world with your overflowing spirit.

We have to stop judging our future before it happens. We have to stop closing off our minds to the unknown, as the unknown has spectacular miracles waiting for us

Say yes to imperfection. Say yes to standing up for yourself even if you stand alone. Say yes to taking chances when the only obstacle you are facing is fear.