I never realized what self worth was until my sophomore year of college when the boy who had my heart wasn't treating me the way he was supposed to. I felt more content than happy and I felt myself settling more and more everyday. My biggest fear has always been having to settle. I never want to settle in any aspect in my life. Not my money, my job, and especially my love life. Settling should never be an option. Your dreams are just that, yours.

You should never let your struggles dim your light.

One day I woke up and just laid in my bed for a good 20 minutes. I didn't pick up my phone or turn on the television I sat in silence. And in that moment my head was having a battle with my heart. I knew what I wanted but I wasn't getting it. So late that day I broke it off with the guy I had given so much of my love to. It was hard and I cried until I had no tears left. But my head and my heart made a compromise. My head told my heart, "look, I know it's going to hurt, but this pain is short term. If you stay, that hurt will be never ending because you'll be living your biggest fear everyday."

Never allow yourself anything less than what you deserve. You have to know your self worth or you'll always feel less than what you are.