There was a time in my life when I disliked “who I am.”

I tried to deny my past, create a new ideal mask and start a new life as if these past parts of my life had never existed. I thought that I could never love these parts of myself when I made some of my scars unexplored and untouchable. I really wanted to erase them, delete them, recycle them and force them to go away, but no. The only thing I could do was to hide them somewhere deeper in my mind and heart, hoping that they would never resurface “one day” unexpectedly. They did resurface from time to time. Until “one day”, I learned to make peace with these parts of myself and viewed them with more compassion. Gradually, I started to understand them, appreciate them and love them as they are, without the need to deny them or invalidate them.

I know that we all have different life experiences, but I wish you the best as you encounter each new day, one day at a time. We are not able to change our past, but we can experience our whole life differently each day, one day at a time. It does not have to be any groundbreaking change. It can just be purely accepting who we are, embracing our memories, and looking forward to each new day as a new possibility for our whole life.