It’s okay to not be okay
To be truly, deeply not okay
And to admit certain people make you not okay.
It’s okay to say an environment makes you not okay -
It doesn’t matter who causes it,
Or where it is,
Denying that those things make you not okay
Is not okay.
Be it friends, family, strangers
Home, school, new places
It is never okay to make someone feel not okay.
But it is okay to say being with or around certain people
Makes you not okay.
It is okay to say you can never find happiness while in a certain place.
But it is never okay to stand in the way
Of someone’s okay.
It is okay to start over
It is okay to survive
It is okay to live by leaving
That person
That place
Those people.
It is okay to put yourself first.
At the end of the day it is not okay
To hurt yourself by staying.
It will, however, always be okay
To take care of yourself
Despite them saying it’s not okay.
But it is not okay to stay with someone
Or somewhere
You only become more not okay.
It is not okay to apologize for your unhappiness
And it is not okay to apologize for their actions.
There comes a point
Where you must stop apologizing
And excusing
Someone else deliberately hurting you.
You are your priority
Not their feelings
Not that place
And that is okay
Although they might say it’s not okay.
That place might make you feel trapped
But sometimes the grass really is greener
For you
On the other side,
The sun really does
Shine brighter
On the other side
For you.
And that is okay.
There will always be toxic people
And places
In your life,
And that is okay.
What is not okay
Is letting them win -
Staying,
Not fighting for yourself.
Some things you will always be better off without,
And that is OKAY.
Forgiving yourself is okay
You don’t need forgiveness from anyone else.
Growing stronger than that person
That situation
Putting yourself back together
No matter how hard they try to
Shatter you
And walking away
Maybe limping
But still walking
Is a symbol of growth and fortitude
It shows your battle scars
It shows you are better than that struggle
And that is the most okay part of all.
Praying for anyone who needs it, xo
