This tattoo has a powerful message. One that I hope you will appreciate. It is something I have always preached to others, but it wasn’t until I endured a heart wrenching experience last fall that I really came to embrace it. You see, for years, I have always done my best to uplift those around me. Whether it was a family member or an acquaintance at the gym asking for tips. I have always motivated others, through my words and/or actions… all the while, I was neglecting myself. I would preach about women not putting up with nonsense in their relationship… or a man coming home from work and being treated badly by his wife and not standing up for himself… etc… etc… But last year, I found myself in a similar situation.
Here I was, putting my all into a long distance relationship with someone who was constantly giving me broken promises and empty hopes. I was committed to something that was nothing more than a foolish dream. As strong as I am, I was played for a fool and hurt badly, and repeatedly by the same individual… and felt disrespected over and over. After a few months, with little improvement, I jumped ship. It was the only choice I had, because I was not about to continue eating crap.
My best friend kept a watchful eye over me during this time and although she wanted to see me get out of the situation, she also knew I had to make that decision for myself when I was ready… It was pretty sudden, intense, and BOOM! Like a light switch… I just decided… “I’m not going to stand for this any longer…. GOODBYE JERK!”… 🙂 and just like that, no matter how upset I felt about breaking things off… I knew it was what had to be done. I looked at myself in the mirror… wiped away the tears, took a deep breath and said, “Goodbye… I might have fallen for you (imagining speaking to the other person)… but I LOVE MYSELF MORE!”
It was so empowering! Yes, I still had lingering feelings of sadness here and there… but I remained true to myself. I encourage all of you… to really think about where you are in life… Are you being to true to who you are? Think about it… Maybe a change is right around the bend for you too.
9 replies on “Love Yourself”
I can really identify with this post and your experience about jumping ship when necessary. It’s SO empowering.
I’m so glad it spoke to you! Thank you so much for the great feedback. I truly appreciate it.
All I could say is WOW.Tiana your all grown up. Realy,WOW. I have something for you if I see you. amazing ….Youl need to read my book. Love Titi.
THANK YOU Titi Doris xoxo
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Everyone should read!!!
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Nice post! 🙂
Please check out my post about forgiveness and how it leads to peace, and let me know what you think! 🙂
http://sierraeatscleanlivesclean.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/the-power-of-forgiveness/
Will do! Thank You!