To the girl selling herself short:

Know yourself. Stop telling yourself that you are not worth it. Stop telling yourself that you can’t do it. Stop telling yourself that “you’re not enough for him.” You are worth it, you can do it, and you are enough. When you get ready in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror and give yourself some confidence.

Instead of looking in the mirror and pointing out everything that you can find wrong with yourself, look in the mirror and think of all the things that will go right for you. You woke up today, you get the opportunity to take on another day no matter how that day could end up that is enough to be able to say that you are worth it and you are going to make it. God woke up you today for a reason, you find the reason to push yourself through that day and you know that it’s okay to compliment yourself.

I understand what it’s like to feel like you should give up. Don’t give up, there will be a reward at the end. I know it doesn’t seem that way now, but when all is said and done you will question why you even felt the way you did and why you let it get the best of you. You will pass those classes, you will get that job, and those guys that keep talking to you, you are enough for them.

It may feel like you’ve hit a spot in your life where you are no longer thriving, that is not true. You have pushed yourself and you took the initiative to say that you would go to school for yourself, no one else, and you’re there, so keep pushing through it until you finish.

One day you will wake up and you will look back to see that all of this has been worth it because you will look at yourself in the mirror this time and call yourself whatever you pushed yourself to be. Maybe you’re a doctor. Maybe you’re a lawyer, a teacher, a coach. It doesn’t matter what you are if you love it. You’re living.

Keep pushing, keep living, stop letting the odds define you. Stop letting the negatives outweigh the positives.

Sincerely,

The girl that use to sell herself short