If someone were to ask me what would be my biggest fear in life first nature would default to saying God, but after extensive thought I would have to say the fear of having a daughter who didn’t understand her self-worth. It’s one thing to know, which means to be aware, but to fully interpret and grasp the idea is to actually understand. I look at the multitude of females around me who often claim to know their self-worth but their actions within their romantic relationships reveal that they don’t particularly understand. We are often molded into the idea that having a Boyfriend/husband is a sign of “completion” or “stability” but isn’t this a sense of false hope? Having a man surely doesn’t validate you as a woman and certainly gives you no more integrity than the next nor does it make you anymore superior than those that do not, so where is the completion? It makes no matter of sense yet the reality still remains that women, more often than not, devote more time to finding “that man” who they believe validates them as a woman. Don’t get me wrong being in love with someone is a wonderful thing. However, being in love with someone doesn’t make you any more beautiful, any smarter, or any more considerable than the next. Love is inside out and in order to give true love you have to learn to love yourself first and learning to love yourself is being comfortable with just that...YOURSELF! Having the ability to stand up for yourself and demanding the same effort and respect that you exude is the true understanding of self-worth which should reflect through your actions. Life is great…live it, love it, and laugh throughout it!
-Lusty
