My hardest lesson

One of the hardest lessons I’ve learned in my 32 year old life so far, is to love myself the way I want others to love me. For the most part, we go on about our lives in where the last person we think about is ourselves. We are too busy taking care of everyone else and doing our jobs that we forget the most important part in our lives. We only have this one life, one chance on this Earth, so why spend it where you are sad, miserable, frustrated, or living a life where you’re not truly yourself?

I was able to start seeing these things for myself just recently. I’m not going to lie. I’m one of millions of women who often times felt guilty for actually wanting to spend money on myself. I was mostly worried for what other people might think about me. But then I realized something--I was missing out on living my own life because I was too afraid of what others would say or think about me. Whose life was I living? Certainly not my own life. That's the time when I knew I needed to do a major change.

One of the greatest things I’ve done for myself is to travel. I often come across people who wonder how I can do that… “Aren’t you scared to travel by yourself?” The answer is no. I’m more scared of not going anywhere. So I promised myself a few things:

Never stay stagnate in my life. Travel the world and visit beautiful places
Keep learning and growing and apply what I learn in my everyday life
Learn to believe in myself even when I feel that the whole world is against me
Maintain a positive attitude and outlook
I'm not responsible for the actions and reactions of others, only for the ones of my own
Have faith in the things I don't understand because eventually everything will work out the way it was supposed to be
Love and appreciate the key players of my life who believe in me and see my real worth

I can say that learning to love oneself is part of an everyday process. And yet, I'm thankful for going through this experience. Every day I get to learn more about myself and of the things I want, like, and don't want in my life. I hope one day, you will see things for yourself as well.

As always, thanks for reading,

Mayra :)

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