If someone makes you feel uncomfortable and insecure every time you’re with them,
for whatever reason, they’re probably not close friend material.
If they make you feel like you can’t be yourself,
or if they make you “less than” in any way, don’t pursue a connection with them.
If you feel emotionally drained after hanging out with them
or get a small hit of anxiety when you are reminded of them, listen to your intuition.
There are so many “right people” for you, who energize you and inspire you to be your best self.
It makes no sense to force it with people who are the wrong match for you.
Life gets much easier when you learn to accept all the apologies you never got.
The key is to be thankful for every experience – positive or negative.
It’s taking a step back and saying,
“Thank you for the lesson.” It’s realizing that grudges from the past are a perfect waste of today’s happiness,
and that holding one is like letting unwanted company live rent free in your head.
Forgiveness is a promise – one you want to keep.
When you forgive someone you are making a promise not to hold the unchangeable past against your present self.
It has nothing to do with freeing a criminal of his or her crime,
and everything to do with freeing yourself of the burden of being an eternal victim.
It’s important to be nice to others, but it’s even more important to be nice to yourself.
You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
So make sure you don’t start seeing yourself through the eyes of
those who don’t value you. Know your worth, even if they don't.
Today,
let someone love you just the way you are –
as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel,
and as incomplete as you think you are.
Yes,
let someone love you despite all of this,
and let that someone be YOU.
--Back Towards Light
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