A Love Letter To Myself From My Heart

I deserve a love that does not scare me.

A love that doesn’t raise its voice or its hand or its judgment when I stumble,

but instead sits beside me and says,

“It’s okay. We all fall sometimes — let’s figure it out together.”

I deserve a love that doesn’t compare me to anyone else,

because I am not meant to be a copy.

I am a masterpiece of my own making,

and I don’t need to compete to be worthy.

I deserve a love that feels like a beautiful winter morning,

when the world is quiet and I can stay in bed, warm and unbothered.

A love that lets me rest.

That lets me feel.

That says, “It’s okay not to be okay today.”

I deserve a love that doesn’t keep a record of my mistakes

and throw them at me every time I speak up.

A love that doesn’t shame me into silence,

but trusts that my voice matters.

I deserve a love that listens.

That puts the phone down when I speak.

That hears my heart even when I don’t have the words.

A love that doesn’t scroll past my pain.

I deserve a love that gives without expecting something in return.

That sees my kindness not as weakness,

but as a sacred gift.

A love that says, “Thank you,” and means it.

I deserve a love that respects my space, my mind, my body, my dreams.

A love that knows I am not here to carry everyone else’s hurt,

especially when I’m still trying to heal my own.

A love that doesn’t put the world on my shoulders

and then get mad when I collapse.

I deserve a love that lets me be me —

that doesn’t strip away the things that bring me joy,

that doesn’t make me feel small for dreaming big.

I deserve a love that is honest.

That doesn’t lie, or manipulate, or gaslight me into doubting myself.

A love that protects my peace, even when it’s hard.

I deserve a love that sees me —

not the version others want, but the real me.

Messy, tender, growing, and whole.

And until that love finds me from the outside,

I will give it to myself from the inside.

Because I deserve to be loved like this.

Fully. Freely. Fiercely.

And I will no longer settle for anything less.

With all the love I’ve been waiting for,

Me.

⸻