I Used To Want To Be A Perfect Girl, Now I Just Want To Be Good
But you know what? I’m perfectly content with being the imperfect girl that I am. I don’t want to be perfect anymore because what fun would that be?
But you know what? I’m perfectly content with being the imperfect girl that I am. I don’t want to be perfect anymore because what fun would that be?
You won’t be stuck in the past, and you won’t be anxious about the future. You won’t be reliving the could have beens or worrying about the should haves.
I miss you. It’s as simple and as grand as that.
Just like the moon, we are still ourselves through all of our phases. And just like the earth, our own lightness always follows our darkness.
But what you should know, deep down, is that this is what was meant to happen.
And then you will begin to understand. You’ll playback the memories in your mind, and you’ll actually start to see some of the flaws and glitches, the moments when things were not right.
Her strengths are not your weaknesses. Her accomplishments are not your defeats. Her successes are not your failures.
In the new year, be the one who persists, even when life and love have given her a million and one reasons to give up.
I hope this year taught you that it’s okay to be okay, and that it’s okay to not be okay.
Start small. It may just be the greatest step forward you can take.