Choosing ourselves is a different kind of commitment. It’s an acknowledgment that our needs matter, that we matter. It’s an acceptance of the work of the choice and the certain knowledge that not everyone will be happy with the changes. It’s committing to honoring our deepest needs and listening to our intuition rather than ignoring it in favor of a temporary relief or release. It’s understanding that a healthy relationship with ourselves requires at least as much grit, perse…
But we choose ourselves because there comes a point where to do otherwise feels unbearable. So we take the risk, make the leap, do the thing we think we cannot do. We transform, and to anyone who doesn’t know us at a soul level, it might look sudden or out of character. It might hurt feelings and change lives. But we do it anyway because we matter, too, and these are our lives happening here, and we get tired of living them for everyone but ourselves.