Read This When You Are Tired of Trying

Some days feel heavier than others. Not because something big happened, but because you've been carrying all little things for so long. Quietly.

Maybe you're tired of always showing up.

Of giving your best, holding it together,

being the strong one, the calm one, the hopeful one.

And still! feeling like it's not enough.

Like you’re not enough.

But here’s the truth, the kind that gets lost in noise.

You deserve to be celebrated every moment.

Not just when you’re achieving.

Not just when you’re smiling.

Not just when everything is in place.

Even now.

In this messy, clumsy, uncertain, worn-out, exhausted version of you.

You are still worthy.

Still meaningful.

Still whole.

Still full of life.

And still a part of the universe.

And I know, there are moments when you wish someone would just notice.

Not for big wins,

Not for how much you've held together,

But simply for existing,

For trying,

For staying,

For being here, even when it's hard.

You don't have to earn your worth through exhaustion. You don't have to prove anything by pushing yourself past empty. 

Rest isn't giving up.

And pausing isn't a weakness.

Slowing down doesn't make your efforts less valid.

If today all you did was keep breathing, that matters.

If you woke up and tried again despite everything inside you wanting to quit, that is courage.

When you are falling, you still put yourself together and take a deep breath, you are brave.

So if you’re tired of trying right now,

It’s okay to take a pause for a moment.

Remember,

You are not failing, 

You are simply human.

And that, in itself, is enough.

More power to you.

Raman