You Are So Much More Than That Failed Test. That Interview Gone Wrong, Your Relapse, The Missed Opportunities,

you are so much more than that failed test. that interview gone wrong, your relapse, the missed opportunities, the words you wish you could take back. you are not your mistakes. you're a person who's trying. there are so many opportunities to make things right. you'll get there, even if it takes a few more tries.

a bad grade or score does not make you stupid. don’t let the numbers make you think you have less value.

“My sweet rose, my delicate flower, my lily of lilies, […]”

— Letter from Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, written while in prison in May 1895

“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.”

— Tyrion Lannister

“growth isn’t always constant. relapses happen. it doesn’t erase all your success.”

— Unknown

“My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.”

— Anaïs Nin