No one really tells you the solutions. Math teachers tell you the answer, school tells you how to get an A, how to pass a class. You learn from other people-- how to act, do drugs, dress, who you are-- all the time.
But no one shows you the solutions to the most daunting of the problems-- how to be who you are , what self-love looks like, how to accept yourself despite all your flaws-- that's all for you to figure out on your own, fitspo, hashtags, uplifting Pinterest quotes and blogging articles (hi there!) be damned.
One of my favorite quotes I've ever heard came from someone who was quoting someone else, so as a paraphraser once-removed I am probably incorrectly wording it. What I remember it as is, "What you are searching for is already in the place you are searching from".
Think about that. Really think about it.
Look down at your toes and imagine all the answers are right there, everything you struggle with in life is in those toes you may or may not love or hate the shape of. Look at your hands and imagine all you need to build the home of your own self is within them.
No one can really give you the answers-- not drugs or relationships or acting out or school or not school or money or even your parents. Not obsessing over how you look or saying 'fuck it' to life, none of it gives you the answers. What you chose to learn from those obsessions, relationships, schooling, parents, etc. can give you some direction, but even that still isn't the answer.
The one person who has the capacity to heal, grow, love, and accept you, the only person required to be you, is you.
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