Sometimes people don't get to see the real strugles. They don't get to know what has happened to you that has made you into who you are today. Outsiders only see your physical appearance. They can only see what you show them or tell them. This is why I want to share this with you.
I wasn't always confident. I didn't always love and admire myself. I had doubts. I used to be ashamed of my body. I couldn't look at myself in the mirror. All this because during my high school years, I met a man who took me to the lowest points of my life. He made me feel worthless. He made me feel like I didn't deserve to be with anyone. He used the word of God to make me believe everything I did was wrong. He abused me in every sense of the word. He took away my dignity, my self-steem and self-confidence. He wanted to turn my mother against me. At this point, i didn't want to live anymore. This what made me realize I had to do something.
I prayed and prayed to God to give me strength and show me the way with no turning back. And so He did. With the help of my family, friends and my church I moved on. I learned to love myself. I promised from that point on to never let anyone put me down. I decided to live only for me. To stay true to myself. The only way someone else is going to appreciate you and love you, is when you show them how much you love yourself.
Each day I wake up, I thank God for a new day and a new me. Today I live my life to the fullest. I enjoy being me. I encourage everyone to live each day as if it was your last. You never know if you will be given another day. Love yourself and be kind to others.
"Each solstice is a domain of experience unto itself. At the Summer Solstice, all is green and growing, potential coming into being, the miracle of manifestation painted large on the canvas of awareness. At the Winter Solstice, the wind is cold, trees are bare and all lies in stillness beneath blankets of snow" -
Gary Zukav