The truth is

𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇: 𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐓 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 (& 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐥𝐞) 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. 👈🏼

Somewhere along the road of life, I taught myself that I had to be in constant motion in order to be lovable, valuable, and worthy.

I’m not sure how it happened, but I truly believed that my worth was non-existent and non-important unless it was defined by the expectations, demands, and responsibilities of those around me.

For years, thoughts like these rang in my ears:

“I’m only worth loving when he loves me.”

“I’ll be good enough when she approves.”

”I’ll finally feel successful when they’re proud of me.”

I had built my world around the expectations of everyone but myself.

A few years back after a particularly rough break up, I felt all my co-dependent coping mechanisms and negative self-talk rising to the surface like a septic tank overdue for a cleaning.

I knew only had one option. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇!

I had to confront all the reasons I sought validation in others. And for the first time instead of running to other people, substances, or things, 𝑰 𝒓𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇.

Instead of focusing on what I could lose or already had lost, I focused on what I could learn and gain from the relationship. More energy, more acceptance, more depth, more purpose, more time simply being in the mess instead of running from it.

🔥𝐌𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐬.🔥

So let me ask you, what would your life look like if you ran to YOURSELF instead of everything BUT yourself?

Even more powerful to consider, what would 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕?