Whom it may concern—
Thank you for the rejection.
Thank you for the coldness.
Thank you for making it loud and clear:
I was never meant to fit into your small definition of “unconditional love and acceptance.”
You didn’t break me.
You built me.
Every side eye, every comparison, every fake smile—
You unknowingly pushed me straight into my evolution.
You taught me how to survive in silence, thrive without support,
and walk alone with only my soul intact.
Because of you,
I stopped looking for approval.
I stopped trying to prove my self-worth to myself.
I stopped waiting for someone to say, “You did good.”
There is no outside validation more valuable to me than the one I give myself. And I’ve learned to cherish and nurture that self-acceptance.
I used to be good to everyone,
even when it drained me.
I gave until I was empty,
only to be met with cold goodbyes and backhanded love bombs.
But not anymore.
That version of me?
Gone.
I cried, healed, buried, and rebirthed, emerging as a stronger, more resilient version of thyself.
I want to reintroduce myself:
I’m the new, unfuckwithable version of me.
Thank you for the rejection. It was the catalyst for my transformation, and I couldn’t have done it without you.
XOXO