-how others treat you is never a reflection of anything but THEM.

this includes mommy and daddy when you were too young to understand that they are in fact human, imperfect, not god, and in all probability HIGHLY flawed.

be courageous when you can, and ask yourself, if your behaviors today are based on a childhood “misunderstanding” of the “chaos” that surrounded little you.

tell yourself that you deserve love, or whatever you “didn’t get”, regardless of what you DID get.

over and over.

for a very long time.

years.

the best time to plant a tree was when you were little.

the second best time is now.

a child would keep going until a very long time had passed.

adults you must do this too.

and you can.