Tag: you decide your value
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Post #49: Making My Own Rules
When I am in the presence of physical beauty, I will remind myself that my soul’s beauty must surpass my own preconceived notions of who I believe others think that I should be physically. Why care about letting down strangers?
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Post #5: Deja Vu
I chose neither. Instead, I chose to stay on the battlefield and let myself be slain over and over and over again. I sacrificed myself, stepped onto the pyre unaided, laid myself down, and waited to feel something other than pain.
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Post #3: Saying It Out Loud
A couple of years of zombie-walking later… my husband and I moved to another state. He was moving closer to his family; I was moving to make him happy. I thought by doing this for him, he would come to realize the beautiful sacrifice that I made for him. And by extension I was beautiful.…
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Post #2: What Is Average?
There are many definitions of the word… average When did this rating system apply to human beings? Aren’t we much more than objects or mathematical equations? Furthermore, when did our opinions of others become fact? Opinion is subjective. How a person sees an event, music, or fashion can be based on many things. One’s history,…
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Post #1: Believing What Others Tell You About Yourself Is a Choice
So, as I said previously in my introduction… I was sitting on the couch when my husband got home from work. He proceeded to walk into the living room, slowly, delaying his arrival to solicit my interest, an irritating habit of his. I asked, “How was your day?” trying to hide my annoyance. “I don’t…