BEGIN WITH KINDNESS You don't learn to love yourself all at once. You learn slowly in the quiet moments no one sees. You learn by choosing to speak to yourself gently, the same way you speak to the people you care about. You learn to love yourself by giving yourself time. By allowing grace when you make mistakes. By staying with your own heart on the days it feels heavy, instead of abandoning it the moment it feels difficult. Self-love isn't something you "achieve." It's a relationship one you return to over and over again. A soft home within yourself built from patience, compassion, and the courage to keep choosing you. And here's the truth: You are not behind. You are not late. You are simply beginning. And beginnings are sacred.