Everything You've Become

I might not be everything I want to be today, but I am everything I wanted to be 2 years ago, and that deserves to be counted 4 years ago, I wanted to get rid of myself 3 years ago, I was still here, I stayed I kept going, I learned to live life, and no one talks about how big that is Waking up some days feels small, fragile, anxious, but not to someone who spent nights praying to God that He would take her out of this world just as fast as he put her here We don't give ourselves enough credit for waking up every morning, even when our own mind begs us not to. We are so busy chasing the next version of ourselves that we don't even realise, we are already breathing in a life we once begged for Convincing ourselves we are behind, that we should be further, better, more But 2 years ago, this version of you would have felt impossible. 2 years ago, you would have looked at your life now with your jaw on the floor not because everything is perfect, but because you didn't give up You kept going even when something inside you was quietly breaking And still you made it. You are still here. We are always looking ahead at everything we are not yet, instead of seeing everything we already are. So maybe you are not where you thought you'd be, but you're not even where you used to be So take a moment.... and really look at yourself Look at how you walked through every storm you once believed would destroy you Because if your past self could see you right now, she wouldn't be thinking about what you are missing She would be in awe of everything you've become