Loving yourself is half the battle.....

There are many things in life that are hard to explain; a lot of the times in which we feel we have hit a dead end, with no other way in sight. As much as we all feel that there is no way out, no "light at the end of the tunnel" I believe that this is mainly because we don't believe in ourselves to succumb these obstacles.

Relationships have always been one of the most complicated things surrounding my life. In my family’s culture, monogamy is not always an option. It seems that many people feel that regardless of what happens, you should always stand by the person you married, and never question what the other is doing. I, on the other hand, believe the total opposite. I believe that a marriage between two people should be only between those two people. That although there is temptation in the world, there is also the strength inside to turn the other way. The only way that I feel this strength can be successful is if you do in fact love yourself. If you can look yourself in the mirror and know that you are worth more than anything is the world, then the world will take notice and, for the most part, give you what you deserve.

Financial burdens are also a huge issue in my life. How many jobs can one person have until they are finally happy? This is a question I ask myself everyday, but at the same time I feel that until you do hit that point in your life, you should still look and never stop. Happiness is one of the most fundamentals things a person needs in life. To strive to get that job you've always wanted, or that apartment you couldn't afford until now comes from within when you finally realize that you really are worth better. Someone that walks into a building with their head held up high, usually receives a lot more glances than the person that looks down as if to become invisible to the world because they are not comfortable in their own skin.

Although all this is very easy to jot down in a blog, it is still something I too deal with everyday. It is easy to say you are genuinely happy with yourself until that one day when you look in the mirror and see you've gained a few pounds, or the person you liked for so long has found someone new, but I believe there are no dead ends in these stories, just u-turn's that lead to another journey. As much as it is easier to look down upon yourself, is how much we need to fight to look in the opposite direction. There are many problems in this world that we deal with on a day-to-day basis, but I believe that most of them can be resolved, or at least helped with a little self-encouragement within ourselves. The strength to know that we are stronger than we think, and we do in fact love ourselves with every flaw, and every issue. As they say “You cannot love someone else, until you love yourself.”