YOU WERE CREATED TO BE LOVED

Not shaped into someone easier. Not trained to perform. Not built to carry everyone else’s pain.

You were created to be loved.

That’s the beginning. And it’s still true now.

Before the silence, before the shame, before the noise that made you doubt your worth—there was something quieter. Truer. Already whole. You didn’t have to earn it. You didn’t have to prove yourself first. You didn’t have to know how to hold it. You just belonged. You were love’s idea. And you still are.

But for many of us, that kind of love wasn’t something we felt in ways we could trust. Somewhere along the way, love got confused. It became tied to performance, to obedience, to being useful or small or easy to hold. Some of us were taught that love meant sacrificing our needs. Others were told—without words—that we had to disappear in order to stay close. Maybe it felt like love only came when we were quiet enough, pleasing enough, good enough. But that’s not love’s fault. That’s just what happens when love gets tangled up in fear.

If the words “you were created to be loved” feel far away or hard to hold, that doesn’t mean you’re broken. It just means there’s a part of you still remembering. A part that may have learned to question love, to brace for disappointment, or to keep giving more than you had just to stay connected. When love felt uncertain, your nervous system did what it had to do to keep you safe. And that makes sense. But real love doesn’t live in perfection. It lives in presence. And even if it’s hard to feel right now, that kind of love is still here.

This week, instead of trying to force those words to feel true, try wondering about them. Ask yourself gently: If I was created to be loved, what would I stop apologizing for? What might I finally allow myself to need? How would I begin to treat myself—if I believed that love was where I came from, not something I have to earn? Let your nervous system take its time. Let the questions linger without needing answers right away. Let the words move at the pace of kindness.

Because here’s the truth that never stopped being true: You are not too much. You are not too late. You are not beyond repair. You don’t have to become someone else to be worthy. You already are. You were created to be loved. And that love is still reaching for you—in small ways, in quiet moments, in the truth you are learning to believe again.