I could count the number of times I kissed you goodbye with soft tears running down my face, as you spoke the words: I love you.

I knew it was a lie, but I repeated them back because I would have done anything to make sure I still had you. “I love you,” wasn’t the only lie you told me but it was definitely the worst one. The day I said goodbye to you was the day I said goodbye to the girl you ripped apart and ruined. That day was one of the best days of my life but I found myself that day. I became a new woman. I became the woman who could live her life as she wanted, not the woman who is constantly making sacrifices for somebody I was scared I would lose day after day. I became the woman who did not care what people thought of me because I learned to love myself. Not only did I learn to love myself, I became confident with my body and my looks. I learned that I do not need ANYBODY to be happy. But the greatest thing I learned is that, there nothing wrong with me; I am one of the nicest and warm hearted woman that I know. I would walk over mountains for the ones I love and sometimes for people I do not even know. I put people's happiness before mine, when sometimes I should not. I am good enough, I am beautiful. No, I am not perfect, nobody is, but I am worth it.

Going through life, people will push you down and knock you around, just stay true to yourself. Life is about finding yourself and being the best version of yourself. Some people come into your life temporarily, and that is okay. Not everybody is going to treat you as they should, but those are the obstacles life will throw at you. Life isn’t fair most of the time but I can promise you everything happens for a reason.

Trust me, you don’t know how strong you are until you have no other choice. So find yourself, be the best version of you, and find the people who want to be in your life permanently. It is going to take some time but it will all work out in the end. If it hasn’t worked out, then it’s not the end.