In your pursuit of growth, you might think you should somehow transcend the very qualities that define you. It’s as if you believe that to be good, to be “worthy”, you must smooth out every rough edge, purge every shadow, and silence every doubt.

Yet, these very things you view as flaws – the rawness of your vulnerability, the ache of your fears, the sting of your regrets – are the traits that make you real, that make you human, yet you judge yourself for being so human.

What if, instead of resisting your humanity, you leaned into it, welcoming the lessons and the richness it brings?

There’s a magic in unlearning, in allowing the messy, unfinished parts of yourself. The parts that get anxious, the parts that feel unsure, the parts that want to hide. The shadows.

When you let go of the judgment that you should be more than you are, you find an incredible freedom. You discover that being human is not about achieving some mythical state of perfect wisdom or peace but about living, sometimes awkwardly, sometimes beautifully, right in the heart of your journey.

When you judge yourself for being human, you miss out on the beauty of growth and becoming.

When you judge yourself for being, you forget the whole purpose of why you are here and alive… to be human 🪷

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Ellie Simpson