"Crazy" hurts.

Hello there.

I hope your holiday was sweet and that you took the time to enjoy your family just as much as I did.

I hope that you tended to your mental health, read books that threw you into adventure and indulged in hot tea because why not?

Any who, over break I regrettably spent a ton of time on social media. One morning while doing my typical scroll down Instagram, I stumbled upon a quote that read: “Don’t let anyone make you feel crazy for fighting for what you deserve.”

This made me think.

I can recall so many moments when friends of mine sat heartbroken with tears streaming down their cheeks because somehow they were deemed “crazy.”

Crazy for loving themselves.

Crazy for wanting honesty.

Crazy for craving something other than meaningless connections.

Crazy for aspiring more than to be someone’s “sometimes.”

Crazy for caring just a little “too much."

Crazy. Crazy. Crazy.

And it was in that moment, that I remembered what it felt like to be that girl….

“Crazy” hurt.

So I’m writing this for all of the girls out there who’ve been called “crazy,” for having hearts bigger than the sun and souls that believe in light a little bit more than darkness.

I want you to know that you are so young and so full of life. “Crazy” may have hurt, but I promise peace of mind feels so much better.

I want to encourage you not to be discouraged. Please don’t spend your life trying to pocket your passion and transform yourself to fit the standards of someone else. That’s not your job.

Your job is to be passionate. To be bold. To walk into a room and exude self-love because you’ve fought so hard to get to that point.

I encourage you to be brave and fearless in the pursuit of what makes you happy.

Know that we’ve all been there. We’ve been labeled for loving just a little too hard. And it sucks.

That’s why I hope that you set out to love yourself first. Be crazy about yourself.

I hope you walk away from any and everything that makes you feel less than for wanting more.

Don’t be afraid of change.

I may have only been alive for 20 years, but I’m old enough to know that being a loving person with a big heart isn’t a downfall.

Please understand that I’m writing this because I know how you feel.

Girl. lol I am one of the most emotional people you will ever meet. My heart is so so so big and I honestly used to be so annoyed about it.

Until one day, I realized that my big heart was the key. It was the method to my madness. Every difficult situation that was handed to me, I got through by feeling.

Feeling doesn’t make us weak. It makes us human.

So I hope this helped your heart. And I hope if you took anything from this post, it’s that you’re more than capable of being loved. When I say that, understand that I’m referring to being loved by yourself.

You deserve your own love. And I pray that you never let anyone take that from you.