forgiveness & acceptance

Find the strength in you to love and let yourself be loved. Love every ray of sun and every night out, love every coffee that you ever drink, every class that you skip and every tear you ever shed. Love the dark circles around your eyes and the hand that holds yours, or the shoulder you can always cry on. Allow yourself to waste time, but not waste yourself.

Love that feeling you get while you're in the cab at 5 am, going home. Love every person to break your heart, love every chance you ever took, even if it was the stupidest thing you did. 

But before, you must forgive. Forgive yourself for not always being the best you can be, forgive the lies you've told or heard, forgive the shit others did to you. They may not be deserving of forgiveness, but you are deserving of a damn break. 

Accept that you sometimes fuck up, and learn to do better next time. It's not pretty - being human, that is- but it sure as hell  is challenging. And you aren't one to back off from that.