Forgive yourself.

Forgive yourself for all the things you are and all the things you aren’t.

Forgive the pudge that won’t seem to go away, along with the cellulite that feels wrongfully placed.

Forgive yourself for the times you did not have enough of you to give to everyone and still have some left over.

Forgive the times you kept trying at something that was no good for you.

Forgive all the moments you blamed yourself for someone else’s illogical behavior.

Forgive yourself for the embarrassing tantrums thrown over things that would end up working out.

Forgive the parts of you that do not conform to societal standards.

Forgive yourself for ever holding your body to those crack pot standards in the first place.

Forgive yourself for your truth that is not always as glamorous as you’re influenced to think it should be.

Forgive yourself for your self-inflicted heartache that’s catalyst is boredom.

Forgive yourself for the thoughts you thought too late.

Forgive yourself for having said the wrong thing more often than not.

Forgive yourself for holding on too tightly to things that simply were not yours.

Forgive yourself for the opportunities you may have wasted.

Forgive yourself for giving up too easy.

Forgive yourself for everything that has already happened.

Forgive yourself for everything that will.

Forgive yourself for staying sad sometimes because self-pity felt satisfying.

Forgive yourself for putting yourself on the backburner.

Forgive yourself for taking this long to ask for forgiveness.