Remind yourself that it’s OK not to be perfect. I get way too sensitive when I get attached to someone. I can detect the slightest change in the tone of their voice, and suddenly I’m spending all day trying to figure out what I did wrong. At your absolute best, you still won’t be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you’ll still be worth it to the right person.
The soul usually knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.