Self-Worth

Life is full of what ifs, and  what could have beens.   As children we all grow up carrying a lot of baggage with us into adulthood. Experiences that have formed us and made us into the people we are today. Some lessons are easy to learn....and...well....others not so much.

I've come to realize that we all have scars, they may not be visible to the eye, but if you look and listen very carefully...they are there.  And no one is immune to them. 

I've always been a firm believer in open communication. It's the key to forming relationships and being healthy.  Burying feelings and emotions and not dealing with them is unhealthy. Everyone deserves to be loved...for who they are. Everyone is worth that...Everyone. 

There are things that happen to us, and when they happen, they give us two options. Either way, we will never be the same, and we shouldn't. These things can either strip us down to the bone and allow us to become strong and honest, or they can be the reasons we use to behave poorly indefinitely, the justification for all manner of broken relationships and broken ideals.

Nothing good comes easily. You have to lose things you thought you loved, give up things you thought you needed. You have to get over yourself, beyond your past, out from under the weight of your future. The good stuff never comes when things are easy. It comes when things are all heavily weighted down like moving trucks. It comes just when you think it never will, like a shimmering Las Vegas rising up out of the dry desert, sparkling and humming with energy, a blessing that rose up out of a bone-dry, dusty curse.

Acknowledge, your pain, acknowledge your hurt, your regrets, kick some dirt over that shit and move on. Reach as far as you can for Love and happiness...because you deserve it. And because everyone should feel special and loved.

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XOXOX

*disclaminer all words in bold text quoted from "Cold Tangerines" Shauna Niequist