You. Are. Not. Alone.

Whether your trust issues are from people leaving, a broken family, loss, or trusting the wrong people, your feelings are valid. Don't let anyone tell you differently. Trust is to be earned, not just given.

You and your heart are PRICELESS. Just because someone was reckless enough to not realize that doesn't mean it isn't true.

You are deserving of people who know this truth and will treat you this way. Your vulnerability does not mean you are weak— it's actually quite the opposite. Being vulnerable makes you strong and courageous. Nothing good ever comes out of bottling those feelings up. Rock bottom. That's what happens. You hit rock bottom.

You deserve people who lift you up from rock bottom, not knock you down.

You deserve to know how beautiful you are, whether that's from yourself looking in a mirror, a boy, girl, or a stranger walking down the street.

But, you cannot shut yourself down or you will lose trust in yourself. Being vulnerable with someone after a heartbreak or toxic people is beyond hard, but it's a step to love and value yourself. Opening up to a trustworthy person who loves you shows yourself that you are deserving of that relationship.

You are worth listening to.

You are worth loving.

Your circumstances do not define you.

Your past does not define you.

Do not let your past define your future.