At some point along the way, someone told you that you weren’t worthy of their love; that you weren’t good enough to hold onto. At some point, someone told you that you weren’t smart enough. Someone told you you’re not beautiful or pretty enough. And at some point along the way, you began to believe them. You began to convince yourself of these lies, and began to tell yourself, you are not enough.

At some point along the way, you began to settle. You began to settle with yourself, with what you thought you deserved and what you wanted in life. You began to think that where you were in your current state of life was all you were ever going to get. Therefore, at some point along the way, you settled and began to learn to live with it.

And at some point along the way, you began to feel numb to it.

Along the way, it went from the voice of another person telling you lies to suddenly finding yourself saying them; filling your own mind with the lies that began to make up who you had become.

I am here to counter the voice inside your head. To stop you from filling up your mind with any more lies. Because at some point along the way, you let someone else define who you were. You let them rob you of what you thought was considered beautiful.

You deserve someone who tells you every day you are beautiful. You deserve the guy who will open the door for you and make an effort to not leave you waiting. You deserve the type of man who will not make you question your self-worth. The one who is proud to show you off yet understands when you would rather stay in and get pizza delivered. Who will surprise you and make you remember that life is worth living.

But at some point along the way, you stopped truly appreciating yourself. You made everyone else in your life a priority while you put yourself on the back burner. You made others’ needs yours and put them before your own.

Before you can begin to find the one for you, you must start with finding yourself again. You must dig beneath all the lies you convinced yourself of, and find who were and still can be. You need to change the thoughts in your head. Stop telling yourself that you’re not pretty enough or smart enough. Start to tell yourself, today and every day, I am good enough and this is what I deserve. Because that’s the truth. It’s the truth that all the lies have been covering up. You deserve happiness.

You are smart enough. You are pretty enough. You are good enough.

And if at some point along the way, you run into someone who doesn’t view you this way, you remember their view and judgement is only a flaw within themselves, not you.

At some point along the way, you must realize you deserve everything you have ever wanted. It is out there, and you are worthy enough for it.