One day you’ll look back and realize the biggest changes in your life weren’t the things that happened around you. They were the things that happened within you.

Before: She thought being chosen mattered most.

After: She learned peace mattered more.

Before: She kept fighting for the love that was costing her everything.

After: She walked away and found the love that didn’t ask her to.

She realized she was already okay. She’d just been listening to the wrong voices.

– Jacqueline Whitney

Before: She measured her worth by what she could give.

After: She measured her worth by who she was without giving anything.

Before: She kept rushing to figure out who she was supposed to be.

After: She finally let herself just be who she was.

Before: She thought if she could just work harder, prove more, perform better, she’d be okay.

After: She realized she was already okay. She’d just been listening to the wrong voices.

Before: She was waiting for permission to live her own life.

After: She realized she didn’t need it. She started living anyway.

Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.