No more letting anyone else for any reason make me feel as though I am not good enough. Not good enough for what, life? Life is hard for everyone. Why is it that any of us should be belittled? Is it our appearance, our brains, our faith, our accomplishments, our relationships? It just seems so wrong to be judged.
I cannot help but keep thinking what is it that we do not measure up to? If someone has money, and another does not is the one with money better? Is the one with something of monetary value better?
Some people are so busy trying to help people by pointing out their short comings that instead of helping they actually do more damage. Telling them how bad they are, or how their life should be. Should be what? What should it be, more like yours with your false confidence, and passive aggressive behaviour? I am sorry but I have seen it over and over again. Not only have I seen it happen, but I have probably done it myself.
The consequences of this can affect people for a long time. Long after we pass in and out of their life they think of the short comings that we so boldly pointed out. How they are not good enough. But again, not good enough for what, not good enough to live this thing called life?
Who knows what any of our lives would have been if we were in a different situation. If we had walked a few difficult years in someone else’s shoes and mentality, what choices we might have made?
My life could have been very different. At times I have wished it was. Wished I looked another way, had more, or accomplished more. But there is still much of this life left, and although it may not look how i imagined it, it is good. It is life, and I must live it. Refusing to let anyone make me feel as though I am not good enough, in fact perhaps no one is good enough. But for some reason we are all here so I guess we are all good enough.
I am still learning to not let anyone make me feel as though I am not good enough. That includes my own opinion of myself. Sometimes I am my own worst enemy by having a negative view of myself. This makes it so much easier to legitimize someone else’s negative view. Don’t let it in, and do not adopt it yourself.
The Prodigal
