dear self,

if anyone ever hurts you to the point that it breaks you, please be strong. strong enough to pick yourself up, strong enough to be able to say NO and walk away from that person who hurt you, strong enough to choose yourself over anyone else. it's okay to be selfish when you have been nothing but selfless. i want you to tell yourself, "my bones are broken and i am my own doctor. i will heal myself not because he hurt me but because i choose to."