Day #180 in A Year of Positivity

“You are allowed to slow down. You are allowed to choose you. You are allowed to heal.”—Alisha Patel

Today’s quote comes from a post I saw online from Alisha Patel. It’s a beautiful quote, and it resonated with me in a way I didn’t expect. I figured that maybe someone else may benefit from it, too, because I know I’m not the only person it can speak to. I will share the full quote below. It’s a bit lengthy, but it’s totally worth it.

You are not broken. You are just carrying a lot. You carry more than what most people see, and truthfully, more than you even admit to yourself. Life has been testing, but for a long time, you have convinced yourself and others that you are okay. You’ve spent so long being strong and taking care of everyone else around you that somewhere along the way, you stopped checking in on you.

You stopped asking yourself:
What do I need?
What do I feel?
What do I want?
This isn’t you being weak. It’s about you being human, and you don’t have to do it this way anymore. You are allowed to slow down. You are allowed to choose you. You are allowed to heal.