one day, you will wake up and find the heaviness on your
chest has been lifted. All because you have chosen to stop
looking back. And then there will come a day, you beautiful,
brave soul, when you will tell someone you love deeply the
truth about you, your whole tale, and not a half truth that
you have had to give the world because you are so afraid of
what people will say once they know what you have had to
survive, what you have left behind you. The story you made up
to be an acceptable member of society, the story you created
to fit in. But one day, you will tell your truth and it will
no longer bring tears to your eyes for your recovery has
begun. Instead, you will tell it with the kind of strength
that will bring tears to other people’s eyes.
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Stop Looking Behind You