Lying on the bathroom floor, she thought that she wasn’t enough.
Being lead by insecurities, she lost her own identity.
Negative thoughts always seemed to get the best of her.
While trying to love others, she never loved herself.
When looking in the mirror, she never saw her true beauty.
She wished that she were as valuable as all the others around her.

That was the old little girl, she is now a young woman.
She doesn’t negotiate with insecurities.
There is no more second guessing, she accepts herself and who she is meant to be.
She observes the beauty that she has in her own skin.
Those negative thoughts and insecurities had to take the back seat.
Confidence is here, and she will never feed the vanity.
She is worthy, she is accepted. 

It pains my heart to see girls with guys who do not know or just do not care to treat a beautiful woman the way she should be. Only one question comes to mind... WHY?

I know there are multiple reasons, or excuses rather, why women stay with rude boys. Personally, I found that the most common excuse being the need for "love". That feeling that women think they need from a man is so important to them that they can't be patient and wait on someone who can live up to their expectations. 

That void women feel does not need to be filled up with a man's "love" if he is going to treat you like crap. You do NOT need someone who is going to tear you down with words or tear you down emotionally, spiritually, physically, or mentally. You just don't. I cannot say it any simpler than that. Fill that void up with other positive things. Become the person that you WERE MEANT TO BECOME WITHOUT A MAN, and then a real man will turn up and be what you need, deserve, and can love the same way he loves you in return.

As a woman who use to let someone tear her down with his negative words, I understand how easy it can be to tell someone to move on and not listen to her own advice. Nowadays, I strive to spend time with like-minded people. The first occasion that I sense ill treatment from a man, I walk. And that's how it should be. We just have to wake up. Stop walking like a zombie and saying "yes dear, whatever you want dear." 

Live your life the way YOU want to. No one can tell you what to do, how to look, nor how to live. 
You only deserve the best! There are guys out there who know how to be a gentleman. Wait on one!
Every person who reads this, I hope that they fully grasp what I just said and use it.

I whole-heartedly believe that people should NEVER settle. I have asked myself many times why this is so important. All I can think is... how boring my life would be. 

Maybe I will find that "perfect job" where, after a while, I start going through the motions and don't have to put as much effort into it. Maybe I will reach a small fitness goal and start coasting because I am happy with my little improvements. Maybe I will settle down with someone who is half the person he should be just so that I don't have to go places without a "lover". Maybe I will have kids and be a soccer mom, always putting them first and never worrying about my dreams. Maybe I will live day to day, sitting around enjoying the moments but really wishing that I could be more.

NOPE! I will not have that. I will relentlessly go after MY big dream no matter how much fight that I have to put up, no matter how many times that I fail, no matter how hard things may get. I WILL PUSH THROUGH!

I am happy for both the trials and the blessings that I have gone through. I look forward to more of both to help shape me into who I am destined to be. I am happy with who I am today, and I am also excited to look at myself along this everyday journey to see the person that I am becoming. 

If you want to BE MORE, then you have to DO MORE! Do NOT ever be satisfied with where you are at in life.
No day will ever be perfect, and somedays will be more difficult than others. No matter what, though, strive everyday to give it all that you have and to be better.

-Meag :)