01/02/2022
“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.”
— James Baldwin
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The journey to self-love is one of the most difficult paths someone can walk, especially when you've been led to believe you deserve less than your own self-acceptance. Self-love candles are some of my favorites to make because I've had my own struggles on this path, and still have trouble with it some days.
If I could help at least one person remember how much they deserved to be loved, especially by themselves, if I could remind someone that they're beautiful for who they are and what they are not, if I can help them at least reconsider that their flaws, their interests, their experiences are what makes them beautifully unique every time they light one of my candles, I'll be happy, and feel like I've done something right in this world.
Everyone deserves to be loved, and to feel like they're not alone. I want to help them finally believe in that.