#14 Ramblings of Self Love

When people teach you NOT to love who you are, that you alone are not enough without someone or something to rescue you, to give yourself up for someone else, to only live your life for someone or something.... it's abusive. Plain and simple.

I ramble about why I think everything hinges on loving yourself and how difficult it is to do. It doesn't just require standing in the mirror, saying nice words. It's apologizing to yourself, repairing with yourself, taking ownership for how you've treated yourself like shit in the name of putting others above yourself. It requires knowing yourself intimately, accepting all of the parts of your present, even if you wish they could be different. Standing up for yourself AND building yourself up. Difficult work. Rewarding work.