i need to be me

i love me. i am me.
i need to be myself. i need to be faithful to how God made me.
if i fit myself into a cookie cutter, i will get hurt, because part of me will have to be cut away.
in the same way, when i try to fit into the expectation of others, it will just cause me pain.

i will need to live my life authentically.

i will dream.

i will be faithful to my weirdness. my craziness. my idiosyncrasies. my peculiarities. my quirks.
i know there are some people that will hate me. i don't mind.
because there are some people who will adore my weirdness.


i will love myself for who i am. and i will love my God, my friends, my parents, my brother, my cousins, my future husband, my future children and everyone around me who needs my love. 


i also acknowledge that i will need love more than anything in this world.

i love me and i will love others selflessly.

(based and inspired by: http://bosanchez.ph/meet-your-five-most-commonly-neglected-needs/)