Dear girls who never feel good enough,
Being a young woman in an era such as ours can be emotionally and mentally draining, believe me I know. We are expected to achieve greatness in every aspect of our lives and, when we do not, we come down extremely hard on ourselves. Maybe we don't even have individuals in our lives pushing us to be the best that we can be, yet there is still a part of us that believes if we do not succeed, we are not good enough. For some reason, any time we fail, we believe we are unworthy, and have ultimately let down those around us.
The fear of not making those around us proud, or not impressing them, is more intimidating than anything. We believe that in order to be successful in life, we have to please others, get perfect grades our whole lives, not show that we are breaking on the inside, have a job that fits in with the generalized standards of the current times, and fit a certain "beauty standard". This twisted belief is what ultimately causes us to feel like we are not good enough.
But what we all need to realize, and believe me I am working on this myself, is that if we are happy, doing what we love, doing our best, and keeping ours minds, souls, and bodies healthy, we should never feel anything less than perfectly us.
I feel as if almost every woman in the world has felt this way at one point in their lives and we, as a collective group, need to lift up others feeling this way. Let them know that they are good enough, and more. More importantly, tell yourself that you are good enough! Because you are!
Let's make a change in our generation by letting girls know that it is okay to fail, it's okay to mess up and that our minds telling us we are not good enough is a lie. From now on, believe the unmistakeable truth: Each one of us is beautifully made, perfectly imperfect, and no matter how many times we fail, we are more than good enough.
