"It's you. It's always been you. You've always been enough, and it's not your fault that it took you so long to understand that, because this world can make us all feel unworthy—but there's a better life waiting for you on the other side of your commitment to fully embracing this truth. When you understand that you're enough, you free yourself from deficit-based thinking and make space for healthy growth. When you understand that you're enough, you empower yourself to choose happiness over conformity. When you understand that you're enough, you give yourself permission to be proud of who you are right now instead of always feeling like you're one step away."

"There will be moments in your current chapter where you feel like the life you desire to live feels out of touch and out of sight. That all the reveries in your mind will stay stagnant there, never fully manifesting into where your feet are. Those moments will be puzzling—you'll feel like you've gone backward in your life trajectory that you've always imagined and that you're far from experiencing all that you want to take in from this life. But then there will be a moment where you get a glimpse of the life you've always desired—you'll have a taste of the lifestyle you know you were destined to have, the people you want to be surrounded by, and the happiness you know you've been yearning to feel. In that moment, hold onto it. Cherish it. Take note of it. Write down the experience by describing the sensations and feelings associated with it. Because soon after, you'll have another moment. And then a third. And then a fourth, and so on. And you will think back to the very first, remembering where and how this all started. Those moments will show how the life you pictured yourself having no longer just holds a place in your mind—it'll be the life you start to live, sustaining the joys associated with each. That life is worth sticking around for."