Self-Love by Rebecca Sy
I’m not good enough. I’ll never be as pretty, smart, or good enough as her. Maybe I’m just screwed for life. Why can’t I be like them? Heard this before? This is your inner voice talking. The one that feeds into your negative thoughts and makes you even more insecure the louder it gets. I know many people, including myself, have struggled and continue to struggle with self-love, as we have this urge to compare ourselves to our peers, friends, family members, and maybe even people across the world we don’t even know. Most of the time, we feel like we never measure up and end up feeling useless and unworthy. Why is it so hard to rid ourselves of this negativity and constant cycle of comparison? One of the reasons is because we are constantly surrounded and being influenced by multiple different sources and environments that we cannot control. And that’s okay; we don’t have to control it. What we can focus on is how we react and respond to these sources and environments. We can pract