To you, my friend, who overthinks everything. Who asks yourself a million questions—or even doubts yourself all the time. You, who never have enough time to do everything, see everything, or understand everything. You analyze everything out of fear that you’ve missed something important. You feel a kind of inexplicable dissatisfaction that you can’t quite put into words. Sometimes you feel torn between your emotions and reason, when you wish they could come together and become one. The fast pace of your life is draining you in an irrational way.
Well, you’re not alone—know that. You’re normal. That heavy feeling of going crazy from overthinking—it’s real. Our moms often told us—remember—that only crazy people never change their minds. Simplicity—if only it were that simple! But as human beings, women, and mothers, we’re more complex than that.
All these complexities make you a unique, creative, generous, caring, and thoughtful person. So, my dear friend, please, stay just the way you are. Think as much as you want; analyze as much as you like. Keep striving for perfection and aiming for the top, because every challenge will make you stronger. And seriously, in life we need people like you—people who believe in the impossible, without any limits, and who are ready to make a difference in the world around them. You see the distress in others’ eyes before I do, always there to help carry a friend’s burden. All the weight you put on your shoulders creates immense stress that’s hard to manage. There’s so much tangible proof that you have a big heart, that your door will always be open no matter what mountains you climb yourself.
So, my dear friend, here’s my advice: take your time, pick your battles, take your mind off things, breathe deeply, and above all, keep coming to talk to me. Between friends, between moms, we support each other at all times—without judgment, just with openness, empathy, and lots of love.