RE: THIS is ME! Lump it or LEAVE it!
Amen! I loved reading this post because I could identify with it so much! It wasn't until very recently, actually, when someone I thought was my best friend, who I had given my all to at my own detriment, shattered my reality and said we weren't actually friends, that I finally understood these truths which you speak of in your post.
It was in the aftermath of that disastrous and toxic relationship that I finally, for the first time in my life, truly understood my own worth and value. It was only then, that I realized that I really have to love myself, I mean truly love myself, dark side and light alike, before other people could truly love me too.
My whole life I never really liked looking in a mirror because I hated the man I saw. I never saw myself as an attractive guy because no one seemed to really think so either. But after I began to truly love myself and accept my whole being, warts and all, suddenly people began to comment on how attractive I am, I started getting random messages online from people telling me I was "hot," etc. And it wasn't until after that, that I finally saw myself as an attractive guy, and now I truly love the man I see when I look in the mirror.
Thank you for sharing this post with us!
I am terribly sorry to hear about what you went through but what you have gained from that experience is invaluable and you will be forever stronger for it. People are more often that not, exceptionally fickle and untruthful about many things. There is only one real person you can truly love and trust completely in this world and that is yourself.
Onward and upward I say @rodeo670
Amen! I don't regret any of it happening though, because all of it was necessary for me to finally understand the true importance of self-love and never compromising that. Indeed, it has made me stronger for it. Again I really must say I do thoroughly enjoy your writings! So glad I found them :P
I agree with you wholeheartedly! You cannot live a life regretting your experiences - without them we would never grow! Thank you again for your kind words. I am really glad you enjoy what I put out on Steemit. My intention from the start was to inspire and motivate people through my own experiences.... so whether it is one or many... it means a lot :)
Isn't that what we all hope for as writers/bloggers? :) I know that's why I write Friendship In a New Age, for sure! It's still so mind-blowing to me how much people on here are genuinely supportive of what we put out. And how often they show that they really care about what we wrote, when they write these well thought out paragraphs on their comments and replies! It's just so beautiful :P
TRUE STORY!!!!