"Always Be True To Yourself"

To search your self and your heart and realize that you haven't been true to yourself is a very rude awakening, to deal with indeed. Through constant reading of self help books, I'm learning quite a lot about myself and how to deal with the person that I have become. Most of my life, I have been a person that like to please others and put myself on the back burner. In doing so I realized that I'm not getting out of life what I love and deserve. One day you wake up and realize, you deserve the happiness, the glam and glitter of life. Like anyone else and finally start to stand up for what you believe in. Sometimes, underlining fears stops us from voicing our opinions for fear of losing what or who we have. We have to go against the fears and take a stand or we want ever be happy with ourselves. When our intuitions is telling us to do what feels right and good, then we should follow through and not let fear make us back down.

We shouldn't let someone else is make all the decisions and call all the shots and we're just going along with the program. Even though, in your heart you don't agree with that program. We must stand firm and tell them you can no longer live like this. We have to be true to ourselves and say exactly what we feel. Although we might be afraid of losing out in the end. The truth of the matter is. If it's not meant to be, then we might lose out anyway. We will feel so much better knowing in our heart.... that we did what was right for us. We have to stop doing everything to please everyone else and start to please ourselves.

This will prevent us from going down a lonely road and feeling, simply miserable later. There is more to life than trying to please others, and we have to find the backbone to start pleasing ourselves. I'm not just not talking about in a physical manner, I'm talking about every area of our lives that need to feel good to us. I have always been the person that give-in to the situation, but also the person with unfulfilled dreams and desires. So, if this is you, the situation should be turned around in your favor. You can also reap some of the benefits of the receiver and not always be the giver of good things and get nothing in return.

At first, this might be hard to do but as you realize that you are good, worthy and deserve greater things. Than that's what you're getting for yourself. You start to get exactly what you want and desire in this life. You'll refuse to except anything less than love, acceptance, and consideration, and all of the things you deserve in life. I don't mean scraps or the hand me downs. I mean the respect, love and everything else that comes with a good relationship, that's not one-sided. Try to always be true to yourself because in doing so, you will make yourself really proud of the person you have become.

Benny Faye Douglass (C) Cpoyright 2011