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The original was posted on /r/getmotivated by /u/DzRythen on 2024-01-19 14:57:18+00:00.
I am trans and growing up I hated myself for that fact. I felt there was something wrong with me, that I was broken. I feared the world would hate me for who I was. I tried everything I could to deny who I really was, it nearly cost me my life.
But now I have embraced myself and who I am, I love myself and my life. Speaking those three simple words for the first time was by far the hardest thing I have ever done, but I did it. It was difficult, arduous work getting here, but it was so so worth it.
If you have a dream, or an identity, that people around you say you're wrong or foolish for having don't listen to them. Embrace yourself, your beautiful just the way you are. You only have one life, don't let this world get in the way of living it. True happiness is only achieved who you stop denying who you are, love and be true to yourself.
Love you all,
Jamie