Love Letter to the Insecure Part II

Know your value.

You are of more worth than you can even imagine.

“Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:29-31

When those around you refuse to value your time, affection, or presence, you have the right to go elsewhere. If you are unable to leave due to work or some other obligation, focus your energy on whatever task you have at hand.

Insecurity comes as a result of ignorance. Ignorance of one’s own value, and by extension, a perception of others’ importance exceeding that of one’s own. Love for your own self has taken a back seat when you have esteemed others over you. Their ideas, their opinions, their lives become a gauge through which you measure your own self worth.

But you must ask yourself why.

Why do you place other people’s lives on a pedestal, while you stand on a plane? Why is it that these people’s accomplishments have become a measuring line for your own achievements?

Our perception is our reality. What you believe is what exists, within reason.

If you do not know your value, my first recommendation is to spend time alone, in silence.

Meditate.

Go back to that childlike mind of what you loved and had a passion for before this world got a hold of your dreams, telling you what couldn’t and wouldn’t work.

Focus on the pastimes that inspired you.

Remember yourself and who you were before the perception of others colored your thoughts.

When you’ve rediscovered that beautiful person, love them, cherish them, and more than anything, protect them at all cost.

“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” 1 Corinthians 13:12

May you learn to know, love and value the you within.