You Are More Than Enough

Hey y’all and welcome back!! Hope everyone is doing great and if not then I hope and pray things get better. So tonight I want to talk about being good enough. Often times we question whether we are good enough, pretty enough, smart enough, talented enough…etc. I know firsthand how this feels because it’s something that I’ve struggled with my entire life. Growing up, I always wanted to be perfect. Have the perfect body and hair. Be the perfect friend and child. Even be the perfect student. But what I didn’t understand is that there is no perfect being that walks this Earth.

When things went wrong and I made even the smallest mistakes, I would panic and then the insecurities would set in.  How could I make a mistake and why was I not good enough? Why could I not be small enough to fit in the regular size clothes? Why could I not make a perfect 100 on my test? Why could I not be the best friend that everyone needs? And while on this quest for pure perfection, I didn’t realize that I was taking myself thru 1 hell of a fight inside.

While I strived so hard to be good enough in everyone else’s eyes, I kept beating myself up because the me as I am was not enough. Let me break it down, while I was trying to be Supergirl and Superwoman to the world, I was my own arch nemesis.  I dragged myself thru the ringer trying to be good enough for everyone else BUT I wasn’t good enough to my number 1, Tiara. Once I began to love myself more and more, I realized that how I came off to everyone else was not important, how I come off to myself and God are what matters most.

Even now I often times struggle with being seen as good enough. Even with my family and friends whom I’ve known my whole life. Even with my co-workers and clients. Even with perfect strangers, I worry will I be good enough in whatever capacity that I serve in their life. But guess what?? That’s perfectly normal and OK. It’s OK to want to put your best foot forward and make good impressions on people. It’s OK to have high expectations for yourself. It’s OK to want to be seen in a certain image. BUT it’s not OK to push yourself past your limits based on how others will perceive you.

You ARE good enough!! You ARE pretty enough!! You ARE smart enough!! You ARE enough!! As long as you see all these things in yourself, that’s ALL that matters. And if there are people in your life that do not appreciate you for the beautiful soul that you are, then they are not worthy to be in your life. Look at yourself in the mirror and repeat after me….ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND I AM MORE THAN ENOUGH. I AM BEAUTIFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE. I AM MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ANYONE AND IF I’M NOT THAN THEY AREN’T ENOUGH FOR ME!!

Alright, that’s it for me until next week. As always thanks for reading and remember to inspire, encourage, and enlighten someone as well as yourself!! Someone out there loves you and so do I. Lots of cyber hugs and kisses…

Tiara B.