You Are Enough

I recently read this in a book: “Never allow one person’s negative words become how you perceive and view yourself. You are enough…” And it resonated so deep inside of me that I couldn’t not write to you about it. I have spent the last 10 years of my life feeling insecure about myself because of things other people said to me. I was called butter face by someone whose opinion mattered to me. I was teased about my weight. I was told I was ugly and worthless and nobody would ever love me. And the sad part is… I believed them. They said it and I allowed it to become my reality.

How stupid is that? Some asshole told me I wasn’t lovable and nobody would ever love me and I believed that shit?? That is NOT okay. I spent the last ten years of my life not believing anyone could love me. Not loving myself. Blaming myself every time any little thing went wrong, because it must be my fault, because I’m so difficult to love.

Guys, if you feel that way about any part of yourself because someone said something at some point in time… Stop. Stop it right now. Because who you are is not what one person says you are. You are more than that. Ask yourself this: Did the person who said that to you say it because they love you and truly want to help you be the best version of yourself? Or did they say it to bring you down, hurt you, or to be mean? If they did it out of love… great. Take it in to consideration, make valid changes, and then let that shit go. If they did it from a bad place? Then ask yourself why you even care about their opinion and then let that shit go.

We cannot spend our lives feeling terrible about ourselves. When we do that we end up projecting our own feelings of ourself on to others. We damage our relationships. We hurt our own self esteem. And guys, honestly, it’s just not worth it.

You ARE enough. Get out of your own head. No, scratch that. Get IN to your own head. Fight back. Tell yourself “I AM beautiful!” “I AM lovable!” “I AM whatever I choose to be!” and then go and choose to be the best version of yourself you can be. Take care of yourself. Take care of your heart. Don’t let your insecurities control your life anymore. Don’t allow yourself or others opinions of you to stop you from proving to yourself that you are good enough and you can accomplish anything you set your mind to.

If you do anything today do this: Believe in yourself and your own possibilities.