trust yourself to choose

trust yourself to always choose what you truly need. and you can be fearless. maybe this is one sign of coming into emotional maturity — the ability to choose what you really need, instead of simply what you think you want. trusting in your inner wisdom — rather than in compulsions, ego desires, and aversions. and over time, you come to want what you need, to recognize the feeling when you are making (or not making) a decision out of comfort, fear of change, and inertia.

ultimately, the thing we fear is not the push and pull of the situation, but our potential failure in changing it. we fear our own complacency. we doubt our willpower, we fear self-delusion, we are wary of potential cowardly-ness. so, placing that trust is an enormous act of faith.

the ability to make the right decision is a muscle you can build. you have to trust in the inner guiding compass. it is always there. you will always know. you will always look within, and do what feels right to you — even if it’s hard. and it does get easier over time. the muscle of self-trust gets stronger. and you might fall from time to time. but you can always recover.