Everyone needs someone in their corner. Whether a person is thriving or struggling, having someone ready to lift them up can make all the difference. Many people don’t have that kind of support. It’s why I believe I can choose to be it for others.
This is especially true for women. However, women don’t talk to themselves with love. I know I’m my worst critic. I don’t always think fondly of myself or speak to myself with love. I have a lot of improving to do. I think that’s pretty normal for women. It’s a constant struggle.
Having another woman ready to help you, lift you and light you up can make all the difference. Like most women, I have a bestie, a best friend. I speak to her with more love than I speak to myself. Perhaps more women like me can take a lesson from how we speak to our best friend. We should speak to ourselves with that same love and concern. Wouldn’t that be wonderful, to build ourselves up and light ourselves up, just as we light up our friends?
Just as I’m super firm with the boundaries I set with others, I need to do the same with how I treat myself. Setting boundaries without guilt is self care. It’s taking care of me. It’s ensuring my light isn’t dimmed by the toxic people who I continue to cut out of my life.
No one should dim my light. I won’t allow it. I feel the same way of making sure I light others up, too. After all, light begets light. That means I can be there for me and for others, too.
