Sonya Matejko

Doubt can be charming. I should know; I’ve spent a lifetime being courted by worries. 

You will have a choice between standing still or standing tall—despite it all.

Loving yourself isn’t patting yourself on the back at the top while at the same time using that same hand to push yourself even further. 

I’ve come to realize that I sometimes try to rush through my emotions, which keeps me stuck.

You see, core values are like your inner compass.

Take in your life for what it is and not what it could be.

You are exactly where you are meant to be, and I don’t just mean figuratively.

I realized that I do not need to apologize for my bursting heart, because it is my heart that makes me all that I am and all that I am to become. 

Here’s the thing: it feels good to let the walls fall.

You’ve had to curve your plans, adjust your life, twist your outlook, embrace detours, and turn new corners. So, have you given yourself credit for not breaking? 

When was the last time you asked yourself how you were feeling?

But I am grateful for them beyond measure, and I don’t think my planning could’ve done it better.

No storm is ever powerful enough to take down the brave sun or its soft, loving moon.

I know that to reconnect to who I am, I have to unpack what I feel.

If you want to see your goals manifest, you can’t keep manifesting distractions. 

I forgive myself for all the times I said I wasn’t pretty enough, smart enough, good enough, witty enough, and worthy enough.

I want you to try something today. I want you to look into the mirror and see yourself.

Vacations may be canceled right now, but my memories are not.