Dear One, You’ve Always Been Worthy of Softness

Stand still for a moment and feel the earth beneath your feet.

Dear one,

You don’t have to keep proving your worth by how strong you are.
You don’t have to hold it all together just because you always have.
And you don’t have to keep waiting for the world to slow down in order to soften into yourself.

You’ve always been worthy of softness.
Not because of what you’ve done,
Not because of what you’ve survived,
But because of who you are beneath all the doing, striving, and enduring.

The part of you that still remembers how to breathe deeply.
The part that still longs to be held, not fixed.
The part that doesn’t want to be impressive - just real.

Let this be your permission:
To lay down what’s heavy.
To move slower than usual.
To nourish yourself without apology.

The world might not always understand your gentleness,
but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
It means you’re remembering something sacred -
that your peace matters too.

This weekend, may you feel safe enough
to take off the armor
and return to your softest self.

With you, always.
- Eugenia