Know You Are Enough

KNOW YOU ARE SPECIAL & GOOD ENOUGH
We all feel like we're not good enough sometimes and we all wish we could change certain things about ourselves. When those negative thoughts come, push their asses away! Replace them with positive, loving thoughts about yourself. We are so much harder on ourselves than we are on other people. When other people make mistakes, we try to make them feel better. We tell them we understand, that no one is perfect. Sometimes we tell them we love them and we tell them all the wonderful things we see in them (that they may not see themselves).
Why can't we tell ourselves these things?
We can & we must!


DANGER!
It is dangerous for anyone to walk around feeling like they aren't good enough. When we feel badly about ourselves that part of us wants to be happy & free, so we (often without realizing it) go through life looking for things to fix that unhappiness. Many times people try to fill up the unhappy parts with things that temporarily make them feel better or forget what's really bothering them. Unfortunately, things that distract you for that moment aren't usually the things that are actually good for you. These bad things let you escape from feeling sad for a very short amount of time, but leaving you feeling much worse later. You feel worse because your heart, your soul, your real self knows you deserve better. When we go down negative paths, we let ourselves down, and that hurts.
Sometimes people drink alcohol or use drugs so they can "tune out" for awhile. This doesn't work-it's a myth, a lie. Drugs & alcohol affect your brain & emotions in a 1,000 awful ways. They leave you depressed and out of control and they steal your power. So many awful things can happen if you're drunk or high and aren't able to take care of yourself. Often people use drugs/alcohol around friends and have a false sense of security believing that, if they are around people they know, they are safe. This is absolutely not true. It's not true because your friends are drunk/high too and they're often dealing with their own issues. Leaving control over your well-being to someone who is drunk/high/dealing with their own issues is a bad plan.  Don't leave your life up to anyone other than you. No one has more to lose than you if something bad happens. Your friends might be great people and they might really care about you, but we are all human and we all make mistakes. Don't let anyone else be responsible for you.  You be responsible for you.

Another thing that often happens in life when one is insecure/does not value the things about them that make them special is that they seek attention.  Girls often seek attention from boys. Having a cute boy think you are gorgeous makes you feel great.  That is fine. There is nothing wrong with wanting someone to know how special you are--as long as you know how special you are, so that if they take that praise away you aren't left feeling desperate, willing to do anything to get that feeling back. That's when I've seen girls do very foolish things.  Remember that you should not have to do anything other than just be you to receive attention. There are millions of people out there. Don't waste time with the ones that notice you because your butt cheeks are hanging out of your shorts. You are more than a set of cute butt cheeks!

Main Message:
Know that the world is a better place just because you live in it & surround yourself with people who believe that too.