Don't Forget To Appreciate Yourself
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Don't Forget To Appreciate Yourself

YOU come before anyone else.

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Don't Forget To Appreciate Yourself
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The world is filled with broken promises and mixed signals. It is easy for us to get wrapped up in accepting feeling this way for the people that we love and want to be with.

We often forget the person that means the most in this situation and that is ourselves. We forget our self worth and forget what we really deserve. You are the only one who allows people to treat you the way they do. Our energy, confidence and attitude is what is affected when we let these things happen.

I know many women who have settled for less, simply because they don’t believe they deserve more.

These days, us girls are on the hunt for a cute boy who wants to spend time with us doing the things we like to do and making new memories. One day that guy might come along, but we all know the term "boy", right? He might just be another one added to the list. He may show you the attention you crave, give you the kisses you know you deserve, show you endless affection but not all the time are his intentions the same as yours. A majority of the time we are left thinking what did we do wrong, what could have been done different, sometimes you even question, "should you have given yourself up?".

Don't question your self worth just because someone was too immature to keep you around. Someone will come along who isn't worried about those things and loves you for you.

The same thing goes for friends. Don't ever put yourself in a place where you feel that you are going to be hurt by people who don't care about you. People are cruel and are sometimes just out for themselves and you need to keep yourself in mind and cut those people out of your life, and remember it is not selfish in anyway. You are the most important thing when it comes to your life, you need to love yourself before you love and care about anybody else.

There is never anything wrong with going out of your way for people, but only if they do it in return and appreciate the things you are doing. Being used as a doormat isn't healthy and is not fair in any way either. Stop apologizing for who you are. Be you, keep loving the way you do, caring the way you do, but just keep yourself in mind when it comes to your relationships.

Your flaws and imperfections are what make you, you. Find people that love you for YOU. But, the bottom line is, at the end of the day, be able to look in the mirror and love yourself for you and know that you are happy with the things you are doing everyday and the people you are spending your time with because in the end those are the things that matter.

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