I’ve always been so much better at caring for others. I’d call, ask, offer a shoulder for crying. I was quiet in other people’s sorrows, strong in their crises.
However, when it came to myself—I was never quite enough. Today, I sat down for no particular reason. No to-do list, no obligations. Just me and my thoughts. And then the words began to pour in—the ones I’d forgotten to say to myself.
Thank you for surviving the day you thought you couldn’t.
Thank you for getting up when you were at the edge.
Thank you for being gentle with others, even when you needed the words no one said to you.
I never told you that you’re beautiful, even when you’re tired.
I never told you that you don’t have to know everything, don’t have to be perfect, don’t have to be strong every single day.
I never hugged you the way you hug others.
But I should have.
Today, I’m saying it.
Because if I don’t learn to love myself the way I love my loving— how will I ever know I’m truly here?
Maybe this is the beginning. Maybe the quiet sentences I never got around to saying to myself are exactly what my soul has been missing.
From today on, I choose to speak silent affirmations—not loud, not dramatic, but present, and fully aware.
I invite you to pause for a moment and say all the things you never had the chance to tell yourself.
To feel how much you’ve given to others, and how little you’ve left in your own cup.
I believe it’s finally time to change that.
Why not start today?
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Sve što nisam stigla da kažem sebi
Oduvek sam bila mnogo bolja u brizi za druge. Zvala, pitala, nudila rame. Bila tiha u tuđim tugama i jaka u tuđim krizama. Sebi sam, međutim, ostajala nedovoljno.
Danas sam sela, bez posebnog razloga. Bez liste zadataka, bez obaveze. Samo ja sa mojim mislima. I tada su krenule reči — one koje sam zaboravila da sebi kažem.
Hvala ti što si izdržala dan kada si mislila da nećeš.
Hvala ti što si ustala i kad si bila na ivici.
Hvala ti što si bila nežna prema drugima i onda kad su tebi trebale reči koje niko nije izgovorio.
Nisam ti rekla da si lepa i kad si umorna.
Nisam ti rekla da ne moraš sve da znaš, da budeš savršena, da budeš jaka baš svaki dan. Nisam te zagrlila onako kako znaš da zagrliš druge.
A trebalo je.
Danas ti to kaĹľem.
Jer ako ne naučim da volim sebe kao što volim svoje voljenje…
Kako ću znati da sam zaista tu?
MoĹľda je ovo poÄŤetak.
Možda su tihe rečenice koje nisam stigla da izgovorim sebi — baš ono što mi je duši nedostajalo.
Od danas biram da izgovaram tihe afirmacije — ne glasno, ne dramatično, već prisutno, sa punom svesnošću.
Zato te pozivam da zastaneš na trenutak i kažeš sebi sve ono što nisi stigla. Da osetiš koliko si sebe davala drugima, a koliko si malo ostavljala u svojoj čaši.
Vreme je da to promeniš.
Zašto ne bi počela baš danas?
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