To my younger self...

• I wish I could go back in time and give this innocent girl a big hug.  I'd wrap her in my arms and  repeat, "believe, love, understand, empower".  I'd tell her, "you are going to go through some tough times, your heart will break and it will feel like it gets ripped out of you, more times than you can count.   You are going to feel things that most don't understand because you feel and understand so deeply.  You will be misunderstood but it's ok, you're different.  Go to nature when you need to feel alive and take time to reflect and meditate because rest, nature, and silence heals you, strengthens you, and makes you better and stronger.  You will know things, feel things, and be driven by things out of the blue, trust your intuition for it will guide you.  You will want to work and give so much that it consumes you, be sure to take care of yourself because always giving to others without giving to yourself will drain you. Speak your truth and be true to yourself, always. You will absorb others emotional pains and feelings and will want to please everyone and you will lose yourself trying to understand and trying to please others.  You will lose yourself, many times.    It's going to take so much pain and negative experiences but you will eventually find your voice and you will find yourself. When you find you and your voice, let it be heard loud and clear. Help others find their voice and find themselves.    Learn and grow from the pain, that is why there is pain.  Megan, whatever you do in life just believe, love, understand, and empower....You got this and I love you absolutely, unequivocally, without a doubt because you are badass."  Then I would give her a big hug and a kiss on the forehead and say, "You don't quit, you endure, and you grow.  When your lonliness feels overwhelming, and it will feel so overwhelming and so common, just look within and give yourself a big hug and repeat, believe, love, understand, empower.  When you feel like quitting, you brace yourself, and breathe, and hold on even tighter because it will be ok. " If you could go back in time and talk to your younger you, what would you say?  Why not look in the mirror now and say it now, YOU need to hear it.  Find a pic of your younger self and talk to it, talk to your younger self, and then follow through.  It's never too late. 

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