A Years End

It’s crazy how life goes, how things grow. How things work out – or don’t. Our memories made up of big and small moments with the people we love and have loved. People who made us smile. People who caused us pain. With these memories are the attached experiences that broke us down and built us up as we grew and continue to grow into our highest selves.

I know this year you’ve hurt, you’ve cried, you’ve lost the people you loved the most, you battled every single day with your mind, you’ve had your heart torn to pieces, you’ve had unexpected obstacles come your way, you’ve fought countless battles that no one knows about.

But I also know you’ve laughed until your stomach hurt, you met people who have accelerated your growth, you realised who’s truly there for you in times of need, you found out how resilient you are, you dug that little bit deeper into yourself and who you are, and most importantly, you discovered more parts of yourself you never knew where there.

Some people had amazing years, some had the worst, and others somewhere in between. In the blaze of Instagram highlight reels of 2021 best moments, some of us were left to think, maybe I haven’t done enough? Have I failed myself this year? Maybe I didn’t try hard enough? At least these were some of the thoughts that came to my mind.

In truth, we are all different people walking our individual paths. The curse of comparison leads us into a spiral of negative thoughts and self-talk. It’s more about self-reflection rather than the comparison of a life that is not even your own and has nothing to do with you, nor do you know anything about. We don’t know of the battles people have fought, only the highlights they choose to show. Yet, we can’t help but compare our reality to someone else’s online life.

We move into the new year with the book of lessons learnt this year. The year has ended but your story continues.

Love,

Yazz