𝟭𝟬 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 & 𝗜 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗔𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿

1- being passionate

2-asking questions

3-not being as happy as you would expect in having what other people only dream of such as being a parent

4-doing everything to reach your dreams

5-having negative thoughts and emotions

6-having trouble coping

7-having political views

8-having a different faith than your family and friends

9-advocating for something

10-putting yourself first

𝘽𝙐𝙏….

You and I should not apologize for being passionate, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙙.

You and I should not apologize for asking questions, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚’𝙨 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚.

You and I should not apologize for not being as happy as you would expect in having what other people only dream of such as being a parent, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙪𝙢𝙖 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣.

You and I should not apologize for doing everything to reach our dreams, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨.

You and I should not apologize for having negative thoughts and emotions, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮.

You and I should not apologize for having trouble coping, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙜𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨.

You and I should not apologize for having political views, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨.

You and I should not apologize for having a different faith than your family and friends, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧𝙨.

You and I should not apologize for advocating for something, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙, 𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣. We must acknowledge individual differences.

You and I should not apologize for putting yourself first, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙤 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡. And that we should be mindful of others’ wants and needs as well.

These are not absolute but for the things that we should not apologize for, 𝙬𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚.