Liking Yourself

There are times when you may think about quitting, but the way you look at yourself determines if you're a winner or a loser.

How do you look at yourself? Do you like yourself? Do you think you're worthy? Do you value yourself?

These are important questions to ask yourself. These questions will determine how far you're going to get in life.

If you don't think you're ever going to get somewhere in life, guess what? You're not!

If you don't think you're worthy, then who will? If you think this is all you're ever going to achieve, then you're right. It's the bottom of the barrel for you. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but this is the truth. You must first believe in yourself and know that you can do anything that you set your mind to.

I try to tell my girls that all the time. It doesn't matter what their dad says about them...this is his issue, not theirs. It doesn't matter if their friends talk about them. They should know their own self-worth. They should know that they can do anything, that they are smart, beautiful, and kind women who have their whole lives in front of them.

Each and every day, I try to reinforce the good in them and hope I am erasing the bad that other people put on them. But no matter how many times I tell them, if they don't believe it, it won't matter.

You must stop listening to everyone around you, and most importantly, you have to shut up the voices in your own head. They tell you, you're not smart enough, pretty enough, or good enough. In order to change, you'll have to say it over and over every day if need be for you to start believing it. You need to say you are good enough, smart enough, and that you are perfect in God's eyes or your creator's eyes, and if he loves you, then you need to love yourself.

Once you do that, no one else's opinion will mean anything. You will know your value. Once you know your value, no one will ever tell you otherwise, and then you will demand that respect from others. You won't put up with lying, and cheating people because you will know your worth. You won't hang around negative people.

You won't cheapen your values to please a boss, friends, family members, or someone you're in a relationship with. You will stand your ground with your head held high and know who you are and who you are, a child of the highest God or whatever you believe in. You are worthy! You are willing to walk away from anyone or anything that says otherwise.

So today, my friends, believe in yourself and love you. Believe you can do anything. It's amazing how things will change around you once you change your attitude...it's all up to you to start liking yourself.