people are people.

I need to be reminded of this a lot.
We're broken, messy, and imperfect.
We feel pain deeply.
We get hurt by others.
We hurt others.


I'm so blessed to have people in my life that remind me that they are just like me: human.

As girls, we constantly compare ourselves to other girls.
How we look.
How we act.
How much attention we get and from whom.
Even when the comparison isn't out of resentment or jealousy, we still compare.

I hate this.
I want to break the cycle of comparing.
We are different, yes.
But, really we are all the same because we are all human.

Lately i've been realizing that i'm not the only one who feels the way i feel or has felt the way i have felt. I'm not the only person who has the odd, sometimes twisted thoughts that i have. I'm not the only one who assumes that someone else's life is better than their own. I'm not the only person who has had their heart broken in a way that is hard to describe. I think we all need to be reminded that we aren't alone in most things. Yes, our experiences will be different. But, our feelings; our thoughts; the things that make us human in essence: this is what makes us the same.

I'm so thankful to those who remind me that I'm not alone.