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Who Should You Prove Yourself To?
You are worthy. You are deserving. There is nothing you have to do to prove yourself to anyone.
It’s all-too-easy to get caught up in living up to the expectations of others, real and imagined. You want to be a good friend, lover, parent, sibling, child, human being, etc. Then, looking at the actions of others and seeing both good and bad, you hold yourself up to them, and question, “What’s my value in this world?”
I know where you are coming from. I have spent a lot of my life trying to live up to the expectations, both real and imagined, that I have encountered. This is an ongoing process, with both good days and bad days. I get concerned about the impression I make, how what I do impacts others, and whether I am worthy or deserving of living the best that I can.
The truth is that we are all worthy and deserving of living as best we can. Nobody is here just to merely survive — you and I are meant to thrive. Living in a fear-based society chock-full of mixed messages, this can feel like an impossible task.
Who should you prove yourself to?
How do you see your own worth? How do you feel deserving of being content, even happy in this life? Let me ask you this — who do you have to prove yourself to?
