If You Met Your Younger Self, What Would She Say?

If you could sit across from your younger self, what would she see? Would her eyes light up with admiration, or would she tilt her head in quiet wonder, trying to recognize the person before her? Would she be proud of who you’ve become?

We grow up with so many dreams—dreams that feel limitless before the world tells us to shrink them down, to be realistic, to be cautious. As children, we are fearless, unshaped by expectations, unapologetically ourselves. But somewhere along the way, we start listening to the noise, doubting our worth, and questioning whether we are enough.

If I could meet the little girl I once was, I think she would ask me if I’m happy. Not if I’m successful, not if I have it all figured out, but simply if I still find joy in the little things—if I still laugh until my stomach hurts, if I still chase the things that make my heart race.

And I would tell her this:

You are more than enough. You always have been.

I wouldn’t tell her to dim her light to make others comfortable. I wouldn’t tell her to second-guess herself. I wouldn’t tell her that she needs to earn her worth—because she already has it, simply by being who she is. And if she asked me whether I turned out the way she hoped, I would smile and say, I’m still becoming. And that’s okay.

I would tell her I’m proud, that you will be proud. I would say that you decided to shut out the noise, focus on your dreams, and do things that make your heart fulfilled. You started a business you were scared to start, you live in your dream little cottage on a property, you have attracted the most beautiful souls into your life and partner. You are still ever so close with your family. You did something—you built a community of girls, you brought them together.

So, if you met your younger self today, what would she say? Would she see the fire still burning in your heart, the dreams you once held so tightly? Would she recognize the person you are now, not by your accomplishments, but by the way you love, the way you show up, the way you embrace life?

I hope she would. I hope she would remind you of everything you once believed in before the world told you to be smaller. I hope you would remind her that she was never just a little girl—she was already someone extraordinary.

And most of all, I hope she would know, without a doubt, that she was always enough.