Sarah Smith’s Path to Healing

Dear Future,

I started! I took those first steps! I accepted that I am who I am right now and that I am not who I need to be to achieve what I want to achieve. Well, that’s not entirely true. I could achieve it, but I wouldn’t be able to hold it. I am not where I need to be to hold the success and the love that I am going to have, and that is okay, because I am becoming that person. I am becoming you! And I can’t wait to meet you!

I am laying the groundwork for you. I am building the foundation so that you may build the house… It hurts a little, to know that I (the version of me that I am today) will not be there, but at the same time, I know that you will carry me with you and honour my work when your time comes. I am also having so much fun building this foundation for you! I am learning so many new things, and I can try so much without fearing that I will ruin something or be hated by you… I know this because I don’t hate my past self. I love her. I love everything that she has done, and I love everything that she has become! So, I know that you will feel the same, because you take the best parts of me and amplify them! You make them, somehow, better!

You are already so amazing, and I don’t even know you yet…

Please never feel pressured into being something you’re not, because just as I have so much compassion for my past, I also have compassion for you. I know that you will carry more weight on your shoulders than any version of you ever has, and you’ll do it beautifully and gracefully! There is grace in being weak and asking for help. There is grace in being tired and wanting to rest. It is even needed. So, take your time and watch out for what you need. Be a queen. Because even a queen needs her servants to help her, for she cannot do everything on her own.

Just simply be the person you are meant to be. I will love you regardless of how you choose to become your best self.

Lots of love,
Me