Do not trust

 

Do not trust how you see yourself

when you are sad.

Just as a mirror that is covered in fog

will eventually clear,

trust that when tears no longer cloud your vision,

you will see yourself clearly once again.

And so you need not see yourself

through the lens of who you once were

or what you presently feel about yourself

but who you are becoming,

for you are never defined

by what happened to you yesterday

as it is not your mistakes that define you

but how you choose to grow from them.

And the person you most wish to be,

that defines who you are becoming,

and the person you are outside of any story:

the actor behind the temporary character that you are playing in life:

that is your true reflection.

Words by Tahlia Hunter

Artwork by Elaine Bayley Illustrations

Source: Tahlia Hunter on Facebook