The other day I had a conversation with one of my good friends. The conversation was both funny and enlightening. During the conversation, my friend was sharing a story about how one day two of her closest colleagues started telling her what thought about her. Not in a bad way but they were telling her how "they saw her". According to my friend, some of their observations were correct but most of them (according to my friend), were wrong. My friend was surprised that her colleagues saw her the way they did.
At one point I interjected and explained to my friend that I understood some of what they were saying because I had had some of the same impressions about her. She was surprised. I started telling her all of the things I saw in her that inspire me and others. She interrupted me and started to tell me that she didn't see that in herself but that she often looked to me for inspiration and guidance. I was surprised. We went back and forth like this for a few minutes before we both started laughing.
Isn't it funny how other people see things in us that we don't see in ourselves. Oftentimes we're looking to other people for things we have all along but don't realize it, don't believe it, are afraid to acknowledge it, have been told we don't have it etc. etc. We walk around in life admiring other people and their lives but we don't look in the mirror and admire ourselves. Today I'm grateful for the reminder that I MUST love myself.
What matters is your intent. What matters is your truth. What matters is what you know and feel about yourself. -Iyanla Vanzant
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