HEY YOU! Yes you. Stop being unhappy with yourself. You are perfect. Stop wishing you look like someone else, or wishing people liked you as much as they like someone else. Stop trying to get attention from those who hurt you. Stop hating your body, your face, your personality, your quirks. Love them. Without those …
Self esteem
I didn’t see my worth until I stopped looking for it in other people. I realized no matter how many walk in and out of my life, they can only love me so much. I needed to love myself in order to experience fulfillment. Others can’t love me on my behalf; I have to do …
How do you react when you think you need people’s love? Do you become a slave for their approval? Do you live an inauthentic life because you can’t bear the thought that they might disapprove of you? Do you try to figure out how they would like you to be, and then try to become …
There are times to listen to the people that believe in you during those days you don’t believe in yourself. Sometimes you look in the mirror and it’s fogged up; the person looking back a blurred image, but those folks that know you and love you see the real you. Sometimes you have to trust …
There’s so much more to life than finding someone who will want you, or being sad over someone who doesn’t. There’s a lot of wonderful time to be spent discovering yourself without hoping someone will fall in love with you along the way, and it doesn’t need to be painful or empty. You need to …
Sometimes walking away has nothing to do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away NOT because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own. — Unknown
You deserve honesty. You deserve transparency. You deserve someone who respects you enough to never lie to your heart. You deserve appreciation. You deserve loyalty. You deserve someone who would never abuse your trust. You deserve love. You deserve someone who would still be there for you even when everyone else has walked away. You …
I grieved today for the times I have loved so much that I forgot about myself and my own needs. I grieved today for giving so much and forgetting that I should keep a little bit back just for me. I grieved today for getting so caught up in helping others that I overlooked I …
Don’t be too hard on yourself. There are plenty of people willing to do that for you. Love yourself and be proud of everything that you do. Even mistakes mean you’re trying. — Unknown
I know this will seem a bit crazy, but if you want to know something about me, the best person to ask, is ME. — Unknown
You have to love yourself because no amount of love from others is sufficient to fill the yearning that your soul requires from YOU. — Dodinsky LOVE YOURSELF TOO! A gift on encouragement.
If others want to define you, don’t linger in their pond. Swim away from their ignorance and find your ocean. — Dodinsky, In The Garden of Thoughts