You know...people may shake their head at Lebron James for making this free agency a spectacle. I am one to believe that he should not put himself before the game. But step back and look at what he is doing. This whole show has very much to do with what he perceives to be his worth. All these teams are courting him hard in hopes that he will sign under their team's name. Sure, call it an overinflated ego, but he thinks he is worth it.
So on that same token, why do we not believe in our own worth? Why do we take the bullshit that life gives us when we know we deserve something better? Is it fear that we may end up in a worse situation? Are we not worth the risk? I think we are. In fact, I am worth any risk.
Sure, I have made mistakes in my life, but who hasn't? I challenge anyone to tell me that they have lived a mistake free life to come and tell me that I am not worth everything that I desire. We are all human we are not supposed to be perfect. We are worth more than the stress and the drama that we allow in our lives. Just think about what we allow to happen to us. We allow ourselves to be treated like shit by people who think they know what we are worth. They take us for granted because they feel we that we cannot do any better or that out loyalties are so deep they we will not find something better.
I am not saying that we need to start cutting off people who do not appreciate us (although it is a start) or quit jobs that keep us underpaid. What I am getting at is having the awareness to know what is happening in the world around us. We allow things to happen to us based on our own low self worth.
We should all be so lucky to have the world as our stage to announce in a hour special that we got a new job or that we are in love with someone. Sure we can go to Facebook to say all this but sometimes people are not very genuine and will do things to flaunt their egos. But, as someone who has spent the majority of his life searching for something and in the process thought that he was not worth very much...a little ego is a very good thing.
I am a great guy. I have a big heart. I can be very nerdy at times and I can be very silly at others, but you will always know what you are getting from me. I work hard and I play hard. I am a lover and fighter. I come to realize that I do not give up on things that mean the world to me. I do not live in the past and I am always thinking about what I can do to make my life in the present and future better.
I have always said I am on a journey. There is not doubt in my mind right now, that I will get where I need to go. Why? Because I believe in myself and I believe that I am worth the trouble. For those who do not believe that will only come to realize that they are wrong. Maybe that sounds a little full of myself, but if I do not believe in myself and my value...who else will?
We are all worth so much more that what we getting right now. I guarantee it.
3 comments:
Your title post reminded me of the "Because your worth it!" slogan in L'OREAL Hair Color commercials. I was like yo, wooord, Andy rockin' a new hairdo? lol jk jk :)
There's a saying that says something like: "If you've never made any mistakes in your life, chances are you've never lived"... It's TRUE.
And you aren't full of it. You ARE worth it.
I completely agree with this! Too many time we say we know our worth but still let others undervalue us out of loyalty, risk-aversion, fear... We need to put our belief in ourselves into practice more because we show others how to treat us by what we're willing to accept.
Thank you ladies so much. Your words mean a lot to me. What makes this line of thinking so hard is that it needs to be consistent.
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