It takes a huge amount of inner strength to keep showing up in this way in a harsh world. As the painter Georgia O'Keeffe once said, "I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.”

You're also learning to trust yourself more fully, and even though that won't innoculate you from ever being hurt again, it still is good armor. Go you❣️