Ritika G

📚 Awakening within by Anjali M.

From the cover, this may looked like any other non-fiction self-help book but the moment I read the blurb, something just clicked. I can't really explain it, but somewhere deep down, I knew I needed to read this one. And man , so true !

It felt less like a book and more like reading my own diary. I felt seen, heard and understood in ways I can't even explain. Every page carried pieces of me so deeply that I'd genuinely forget I was reading someone else's story and not my own.

The way Anjali spoke about feeling left out, carrying expectations, craving love, wanting to feel like we truly matter… it hit hard. She talked about the people who hurt us and how holding onto that pain for too long slowly destroys us, until we forget to care for the one person who matters the most - us❤️‍🩹

𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮..

And the truth is, most of the things she talks about are things we already know deep down. You know it too. But we're scared to take those steps, scared to leave our comfort zones because somewhere along the way we convinced ourselves that maybe this is all we deserve. But it's not true.

I know insecurities make the journey harder, but trust me the moment you start choosing yourself, even in the smallest ways, things slowly begin to feel lighter. Easier✨️

And yes, healing won't happen overnight. Not in a week, a month, or even a year. It's a slow journey. But one day, you'll look back and realize how worth it it was because all that truly mattered in the end was you, and the beautiful way you finally learned to love yourself 💌

PS: I've literally highlighted the whole book, can't wait to share my fav quotes with you all soon 🌸

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