I've often used the metaphor of climbing a mountain in my own journey towards mental health and happiness. Sometimes I need help on my climb, sometimes I need to sit and take a break, taking everything in where I am, RECOGNIZING and ACCEPTING where I am, sometimes I need to say to others, please slow down I can't go that fast, and voice my needs to those climbing around me, and sometimes I can stand strong and climb all on my own.

But no one can drag me, or anyone else, I've got to want to climb it for myself, and KNOW that I CAN MAKE IT, and I deserve it. Even if I spend my whole life climbing, reaching for the top... and I will.

The journey has no ending, that's I think the hard part for a lot of people.... the journey is the climb. And not necessarily the view from the top, but for all the views at all the places we will reach along the way. For all the insights. For every piece of the journey that is our life. For every hand that reaches for ours and every hand that we extend for others. For every time we scrape our knee and still keep going. It's ok to look down and go HOLY ****, I can't believe I made it soo far after everything that's happened and everything I've been through, how am I able to keep standing at all? It's ok to know how far you've come.

You gotta believe it. You are HERE. And every time that sun rises, it's for YOU.

So my question would be, DO YOU KNOW YOU DESERVE IT? DO YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE WORTH IT? WORTH THE SELF LOVE? WORTH THE FIGHT?

Climbing a mountain is never easy, and it's never going to be. But of all things in life that are WORTH IT, YOU are SO WORTH IT.