Lesson Learned 2. "Setting Aside Validation From Others"

Setting Aside Validation From Others

Some people are so secure in being validated by other people that they don't stop to think for themselves.

I once got caught up in what people thought of me, what they thought I should be doing, and how they felt my life should be -not once did I stop to think for myself. As a result of allowing others to validate me, I lost sight of who I was and what I wanted out of life. I developed the mindset that no one will accept me unless I'm doing what they want me to do so I no longer care. I was unhappy, I was broken, and I didn't know who I was. I stopped believing in me.

One day I woke up so miserable about what my life had set before me I just stayed in bed. I was tired of completing the schedule that others placed before me. I wanted to live -but not like this!

I made the decision that if I were going to be happy then I needed to stop allowing people to run my life -it was time for me to take charge!

I had the power to control my happiness and my destiny so I stopped doing those things that other people told me I should do and did the things that I always wanted to do. I began to look deep within myself to rebirth those talents I pushed aside because people told me I wasn't good enough. I reflected on all the negative things that were said to me when I expressed my dreams and I now use them as motivation. Motivation to live in my purpose and fulfill my destiny.

I learned that if you're always waiting for validation from man you will never be truly happy -some people are never satisfied! I learned the only person who needed to validate me and what I was doing was me; and as long as I showed myself approved to the Father, then that's all that mattered.

I challenge you to believe in yourself so much that when those people who use to validate your every move see you, they can't do anything but say -I'm proud of you!

Love,

ChelCy