The quote in one of the recent top posts rang hollow to me, and while I understand that there are many people who would find that quote helpful, I could not accept it as it was written.

An important part of healing is acceptance and validation, and that includes acknowledging that the struggles we go through and the fears we feel are valid. The quote, ecouraging on the surface, boils down to "there is no reason to be afraid".

I think we can do better than that - and be kinder to our inner child.

I took a screenshot of the original one just a few seconds ago because I liked it. But I like this one even more!!

Thanks! Hoped it would be helpful to someone.

I still don't understand this. Is this saying we are still broken people and we will always be broken? What can we do about that?

I'm saying that you can be complete, beautiful, and thriving as a person even if parts of you have been broken.

You can't rewind time and undo the experiences that were bad for you, or get what you missed. And it's OK. Loss is a part of life. You can grow around it.

Childish and nauseating.

Why is there a blurred paragraph bottom right?

It was a post on this subreddit that I felt was trying to do something, but fell far short of accomplishing that goal.

So I found better words, but included that paragraph for anyone who has seen it and was rubbed the wrong way with it.