It’s okay if you’re not perfect.
It’s okay to admit you don’t know how to do something.
It’s okay to ask for help.
It’s okay to make stupid mistakes.
It’s okay to make really, really stupid mistakes, then feel like a complete imbecile when you realize what you did wrong.
You’re not an imbecile, I promise.
It’s okay to step outside your comfort zone.
It’s okay to make a complete fool of yourself.
It’s okay to laugh at yourself.
It’s okay if other people laugh at you.
It’s okay to procrastinate, and keep putting off things that really, really scare you.
But most of the time, it feels better to just get it over with.
It’s okay to shut the entire world out, if you need a day to yourself.
It’s okay to scream and yell and curse out your computer if it makes you feel better.
It’s okay to blast some music and have your own private dance party, when things get to be too much.
It’s okay to decide that it’s time for that vacation that you never have time for.
It’s okay if you need a shoulder to cry on, when every stupid little thing keeps going wrong.
Even if none of it really matters.
It’s okay if some days you need everything to be all about you.
It’s okay if you can’t always be grateful, even if others aren’t as lucky as you.
It’s okay if the dishes pile up in the sink, from time to time.
It’s okay to completely slack off, once in a while.
It’s okay to ignore what everyone else insists you do, and just do what you need to do, for you.
Even if they don’t approve.
It’s okay not to be the perfect husband, wife, mother, father, sister, brother, boyfriend, girlfriend, daughter, son, employee, boss…
It’s okay to just be 100% you.
It’s okay to demand that people love you for you, and not for who they want you to be.
It’s okay to refuse to conform.
It’s okay to be weird, awkward, shy, quiet, antisocial, loud, overly social, hyperactive, unfashionable, easily forgettable, or have an obnoxious laugh.
Some people find that charming. And they’re probably the people you’d rather be around anyways.
It’s okay to love.
Even if you’re going to get hurt.
It’s okay to give your all.
Even if you’re going to be taken advantage of.
It’s okay to care more about others’ happiness than your own.
Even if people are going to take you for granted.
It’s okay to go above and beyond for people, even if you know you won’t get anything in return.
It’s still worth it.
It’s okay if you needed this reminder.
So did I.
It’s okay.
