You are Enough
- Lisa J. Perry
- Sep 23, 2016
- 2 min read
Have you ever felt invisible in plain sight? Do you often wish you had the life of others around you because their Facebook posts look like they are having the time of their lives? Do you wonder if who you are is worthy of an amazing life?
Well if you answered yes to these questions then you are in the right place. I am here to tell you to not doubt yourself. You woke up this morning because your life has purpose and meaning. Even when you are moving through the world blindfolded, please know that you are on the most perfect path to yourself.
Growing up, I was the youngest in my immediate family and out of all of my cousins. I was a tiny, quiet little girl that didn't take up much space in the world. I always had my nose in a Nancy Drew Mystery or some other fascinating book or you could find me writing my deep thoughts in my diary. No one even noticed when I walked into a room or left.
This was my superpower...to be so insignificant that I was invisible in plain sight. I would watch, observe, listen and soak in all the messages around me--the good and the bad. Even then I knew so much about human behavior. As I became a teenage, I hid behind so much makeup and the affections of young boys who were nothing but trouble. But you see, that's what happens when no one is paying attention to you.
Unfortunately if you don't find a way to discover your worth early on, you may just pack up your insecurities, fear and shame and bring that baggage along with you into adulthood. It will fracture relationships and cause you to lower the standards for the people around you. You won't know how to truly discern what is for your, what's best for you, or how to measure your personal greatness.
I just want you to know that who you are is enough. You don't need the validation of others if you exude the confidence and the belief that all that you are design the authentic, perfectly imperfect, and beautiful self.
Here I am, almost 49 years old, divorced for 7 years, having struggled to put the pieces of my life back together and I know now that my worth is measured by my own standards of joy and happiness. I have worked hard to develop a sense of self that I can trust to be my guide. I used to look to others for validation and that is so risky. Now, I look within, practice gratitude every day, journal to stay close to my innermost thoughts and dreams, and I pray because it changes things.
I'm still that introspective little girl inside, but I am also a strong warrior, a loving force, a fierce mother, with a hint of ah sookie, sookie now!
