Thursday again! Time to do a little "pondering" with Brenda from Ponderings of an Author.
Her rules are really easy:
1. Grab the Pondering with a Purpose Badge (in her sidebar)
2. Look at the week's prompt
3.
Post something on your blog that relates to the prompt - it can be a
story, a poem, a picture -- anything you want it to be.
4. Go back here and add the URL from your post to the linky list on Brenda's.
5. Go check out the other bloggers who have added their links to the list.
6. AND most of all.... Have fun!
This Week's prompt: Love thyself
- Do you love yourself?
This is a tough question. I tend to be my own worst critic.I'm not much of an "outgoing" person - definitely not an "extrovert" but not completely "introverted" either, although I used to be. To clarify - I used to sit quietly, never saying a word, stayed to myself and let people use me and then run over me once they were finished. I'm proud to say I no longer do that. I've grown a lot but it's still an inner battle to stand up for myself. I think it goes back to my childhood. Let's just say that I had no feelings of self-worth back then. I was ridiculed and preached at and NEVER achieved as much as I should have according to my mother. How can a child do better than straight A's on a report card? Never could figure that one out.
But I've come a long way. I don't listen to it anymore. I listen to those who realize what I HAVE accomplished and those who believe in what I can still accomplish.
But do I love myself? I try. I like myself but it's a struggle, a battle I'm still fighting.
It is easier to believe the bad stuff. I guess I was lucky to be a strong first born child. I didn't make it easy for parents.
ReplyDeleteI hope I love myself, if I don't, how can anyone else love me?
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ReplyDeleteI could not have summed it up better if I tried.... and I will never forget the time I came home with an A- .... you would have thought I failed!
Thanks for pondering with me
My husband and I are trying very hard right now to be very careful with our words concerning our children: their school work, their sports, etc. We want them to do well, but we don't want to push - yet, it's so hard to know how to instill that strong sense of self in them without being pushy. tricky slope.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it takes work, and years of living for some of us to learn our own true value, and to stand up for it! It sounds like you're on the right track to me, no more doormat, and an awareness that there are things you are good at! Yes, stay close to those who uplift and encourage you and step away from those who try to bring you down. Believe that you are a beautiful creation, because you are!
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