Sometimes you gotta just pace around a room and give yourself your own damn TEDtalk
It be like that sometimes
Reminders:
- Do not rely on social media for validation. These likes don’t determine your worth.
- Want revenge? Move on. Be indifferent.
- Detach from toxic people in your life. It’s okay, I promise.
- I know you a lot of you put others first, but honey I promise it’s more than okay to prioritize yourself.
- “Taking care of yourself doesn’t mean me first, it means me too.”
- Respect yourself.
- Let go of what you can’t control, don’t let yourself worry and stress over things out of reach.
- If it won’t affect you in a year, it doesn’t matter now.
- Drama is unnecessary, regardless of what it’s about. Drop it and move on honey. You’re already twelve steps ahead of those still being petty and bitter. Those are ugly traits.
- You never know what someone else is going through, try to be more compassionate, empathetic, and open minded, regardless of who you’re talking to.
- It’s okay to be a work-in-progress, not all masterpieces were constructed overnight.
- Don’t settle for less than you deserve.
- Drink some tea. Drink some water. Drink some coffee. Drink something that’ll hydrate you and/or calm you.
- You’re more powerful than you think.
- If you have an argument with someone, sometimes it’s best to let it go. Don’t waste your positive energy on people that only bring you negativity.
- On that note, take note of who makes you feel negatively, and remove yourself from those relationships.
- Take care of yourself.
- You’re enough.
- You’re loved.
- Your well being is important.
- You are important.
So my mom is shopping in a supermarket, wearing a full hijab and jilbab (commonly misnamed as a burka) and the whole time she is there, this kid is staring at her. Won’t stop staring. Just looking with wide-eyed shock. The lil feller isn’t any older than four. She doesn’t think much of it, she is used to far worse than just a few stares. Until the very end when the kid and his mom are behind her in the checkout, and he leans up and whispers loudly: “I LOVE YOU BATMAN”