A Reminder: Don't hide, you are OK!

From one human to another, you are ok. It's ok that you and I both have our flaws and have made our fair share of mistakes, that doesn't mean we should hide away and cower in shame.

You and I both are allowed to be ourselves, we are allowed to be honest and feel the feelings life throws our way. It's ok.

You don't have to be perfect... and can someone please tell me I don't have to be perfect either!

I try to put out positive messages with my artwork, but not because I'm any better than anyone else, only because I need to hear them myself.

Sometimes I don't feel worthy to share my art or even create it because of the mistakes I've made, the self pity I've wallowed in, or the way I've treated others. But that's what fear and anger want, it wants us to feel more fear; to hide. But today is no different than yesterday and tomorrow brings the same things to face, so it's now or never! Time to put the past in the past, time to feel the freedom that's come from all the tears, all the processing of life.

Today I choose to say, "Tilly, you deserve to be here and you deserve to express your feelings through your art, you're ok. I forgive you. Nobody is perfect. You don't have to live up to other's standards and you don't have to hold yourself to such a high standard. It's ok if you don't always live up to the person you wanna be. You don't have to always be at your best to be worthy of this life. Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself and it won't look pretty, but boundaries are boundaries and maybe next time you can handle it differently. Maybe you've learned enough from this to know how better to handle it next time. It doesn't matter what anyone thinks of you. It doesn't matter what they say. It only matters what you think of you and so think of yourself with a little faith, have some faith in yourself. You can rise up from underneath any mistake, any doubt. Just because you got here a different way than what you expected doesn't mean you're not exactly where you're meant to be. Perhaps everything played out just as it should and your further along because of it, moving forward with more momentum than you would have if everything had gone smoother"