They Couldn’t See Me… Because I Had Forgotten Who I Was

Self-love

There was a time in my life when I felt so alone it physically ached.

Not because I didn’t have people around me — I did.

But because no matter what I gave, how hard I tried, or how much I poured into others…I still felt like I wasn’t enough.

I waited for validation like it was oxygen.

A text back.

A “thank you.”

A sign that I mattered.

And when I didn’t get it?

I spiraled.

I questioned everything.

And I drifted further and further from myself.

I now understand — that was never abandonment from others.

That was abandonment of me.

I had left myself chasing connection, when the only connection that could save me…was the one I had been avoiding all along, The one within.

When I stopped reaching outward

when I got quiet and turned inward

I heard something.

It wasn’t loud.

It wasn’t dramatic.

It was simple.

Still. Steady.

Like a heartbeat I had forgotten how to hear.

And it said:

“You are already loved.”

“You are already held.”

“Come home.”

That was the moment my healing began.

Not when someone finally saw me —But when I finally saw me.

So if you're feeling alone right now…If it feels like no one sees you…I want you to know this

You are not broken.

You are not too much.

You don’t need to prove your worth.

The more you seek it “out there,”

The more you’ll drift from your essence.

Come home.

The validation you’re craving isn’t out there.

It’s in the part of you that already knows

You’ve always belonged.