I need to figure out how to love myself. And to love myself, then i need to figure out what i like about myself. Now this is a chasm that i find uncomfortable to stare
into. For so long i have based my self worth on what i do for others, on how much i can do for someone else. And after years of this, it has left me lost and confused within my own body. This underhanded selflessness has taken me apart leaving me purely driven by my heart.
These nights of crying and hurting myself because i cant meet the standards put forth to me by others needs to stop. It has gone on for 11 years now, and so far, the only loser has been me.
Where are my standards? Do i have standards of my own? Yes, im sure i have standards for other people in my life, but where are my own personal standards? What gets me out of bed in the morning? Me? My great life? Or is it always for someone else?
I am a work in progress, and for once, i need to progress if i would like to not drown in my own self appointed misery...
We've got a long way to go baby... a long way...
Im about to turn 26 on friday and its about damn time i add a little depth to my life. And by demand....
into. For so long i have based my self worth on what i do for others, on how much i can do for someone else. And after years of this, it has left me lost and confused within my own body. This underhanded selflessness has taken me apart leaving me purely driven by my heart.
These nights of crying and hurting myself because i cant meet the standards put forth to me by others needs to stop. It has gone on for 11 years now, and so far, the only loser has been me.
Where are my standards? Do i have standards of my own? Yes, im sure i have standards for other people in my life, but where are my own personal standards? What gets me out of bed in the morning? Me? My great life? Or is it always for someone else?
I am a work in progress, and for once, i need to progress if i would like to not drown in my own self appointed misery...
We've got a long way to go baby... a long way...
Im about to turn 26 on friday and its about damn time i add a little depth to my life. And by demand....
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hon you know you're strong. i really can't tell you anything you don't already know in spades anyways <3
oh yeah and you rock REOWR!
(i know you love felines