𝗧𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱’𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹,

Do you know that moment when you’ve come through a rough season filled with more challenges than you knew what to do with, and you finally find yourself standing on the other side? You pause, look back at where you’ve been, and realize you made it through. You’re not sure how, but here you are, still standing and still rising.

You stand in awe, in quiet victory, and see the strength and courage it took to keep going on the days you didn’t think you could. The moments you wanted to stay down but chose instead to put one foot in front of the other and say, as Andrew Garfield’s character in 𝘏𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 whispered, “Just one more.”

It’s the quiet applause you give yourself, not for validation from the world or outside sources, but that humble whisper within that says, 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵.

Congratulations, dear soul. When the going got tough, you never gave up. You persevered, and that deserves self-recognition and a soul hug. Well done.

𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲. 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿. 𝗥𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲.

With love,

Naomi