Because I Said So

Waiting To Exhale

It seems like I've been waiting for as long as I can remember to talk that much needed cleansing breath. I'm finally ready to take it. I made a promise to myself on New Year's Eve that this is going to be my year. I'm not going to let others bring me down. I'm not going to waste any more of my energy on sad people who don't care that I'm giving them my energy. I am going to cut my losses. I accept that some people will never change. They will never realize how hurtful and disrespectful they can be. They will never know a good thing when it's right in front of them. Instead, they will go on living in their delusional world and never take responsibility for their actions.

I know my truth, and that holds more power than anyone else will ever hold. I am a good, kind, and caring person. I am attractive. These qualities that I possess have been validated by others. However, I don't need validation from others to know that I am great. I finally know it within, and that's what counts. I am taking back the power I have so willingly given to others. I am in the driver's seat now. Not anyone else. I have been liberated.

So go ahead. Be petty. Act like the childhood bullies who called me crazy based on the nothing they knew about my mother. I am done with immature and irresponsible people. Only good times from here on out. I have finally exhaled.

tirade by Jenster at 6:21 PM