You Don't Have To Be Polished To Feel Worthy

There’s something almost sacred about things that have broken and still choose to stay.

A cracked bowl on a shelf. A wilted flower clinging to sunlight. A heart that has been hurt, but still holds space for softness. 

We don’t talk about it enough—how beauty doesn’t disappear just because something has changed shape. Sometimes, it deepens.

We’re all a little like that.

But maybe we don’t need to pretend the cracks don’t exist. 

Maybe we just need to learn how to carry them like they mean something.

Because they do.

Every scar, whether it’s visible or silent, carries proof: that you have lived, that you have endured, that you have been brave enough to feel.

For a long time, I thought healing meant fixing. Making things look untouched and brand new again.

But that isn't always what healing is about. 

It's not about hiding and filling in the broken pieces. 

 Sometimes it’s about realizing the pieces still matter, even if it looks a bit different.

We’re taught to hide the broken parts. Smile anyway. Stay polished. Move on.

But there is so much beauty in every part of you: polished or not. 

Instead of trying to fix your cracks to make yourself likeable, find people that like you just the way you are. 

You don't have to change yourself for others. Others have to change their perspective. 

It may not be perfect.

But it’s real.

So if you feel like you’ve fallen apart, just know this:

You are still art.

You are still needed.

You are still allowed to take up space, even if that space looks different than before.

You do not have to prove yourself to other people. If they want to see you, they will. If they don't, then that's their choice. But just know that you can't be judged because of their own perspective. 

Some things break. 

And that's okay. 

Just remember to bloom into yourself instead of shrinking into something you want others to believe.

On some days your may be polished marble. On others you may be jagged stone. As long as you're you, it doesn't matter. 

Because even shiny marble can go unseen in front of a jagged rock.