There are two words that can be the most dangerous, or the most liberating, depending on how you use them.

“What if” can be a cage that imprisons you or a platform from which you leap.

What if … I was thinner?

… I was thinner?

… I had a boyfriend?

… I’m not good enough?

… they realise I’m a fake?

… I do something wrong?

… they stop loving me?

… they think I’m a failure?

… I can’t make?

… I can’t do it?

… I don’t deserve it?

… I fail?

… people laugh?

… they think I’m no good?

… it goes wrong?

… I look stupid?

… I lose everything?

… I’m not strong enough?

… I’m not ready?

… I appear weak?

… they hurt me?

… they don’t like me?

What if …

… it didn’t have to be this way?

… it IS possible?

…  you believed in yourself?

… you are stronger than you know?

…  you succeeded?

… you thought you could?

… those around you think higher of you than you realise?

… you realised so many others are rooting for you?

…  you didn’t need for it to be perfect?

… you didn’t have to have it all figured out?

… your vulnerability is your greatest strength?

… this is stopping you from being all you could be?

“What if you turned “what if” on it’s head?”