You are enough

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"525,600 minutes

How do you measure a year?

Measure in love"

Says a song

I cannot agree more

This year, I choose love

Love not for another

But love for myself

I thought I have aced it

I’ve stopped being too hard on me

I affirm myself every chance I get

I celebrate my victories- no matter how small

But, then this critical voice 

Inside my head

Resurfaces every now and then

“You’re not good enough”, it whispers

I try my darndest

To prove it wrong 

I push myself to make things happen

Even the seemingly impossible

There are moments though

When I listen to the voice

And stop midway- not finishing a project

Or stall until forever

Either way, it’s wins

I forget to be gentle to myself

Or  I prove that I’m a failure

And all the more it gets stronger

Today, I’ve unmasked the beast

I’ve spotted you

Monster of not loving myself enough

And I intend to starve you until you let me be

I will be determined yet gentle

I will work diligently 

To see projects come to life

But will not forget to nurture the self

I will only take on what I can

And pursue only that which is meaningful for me

I will take pauses

And create spaces for my growth

I will hold on to a new belief

I am shakti, I am power

I am pyaar, I am love

Until I can tell myself- “You are enough!”

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