Don’t accept less than you deserve

No one but ourselves can determine our worth. And there is no shortage of people who are no good wanting to diminish us and offer less than we deserve, and of course, these people will only be able to achieve the objective of diminishing us if we allow them to.

I don’t like expressions that generalize, I don’t like any kind of extremism, so I don’t agree with the expression “no man is good” or “no woman is worthy”. This is too much exaggeration! There are, yes, many good people out there, kind, polite people… I still believe in humanity.

It turns out that if we don’t understand how wonderfully amazing we are, surely someone else won’t see it. And if you already know your worth and someone still only offers you crumbs, get out, you deserve more! You deserve someone who doesn’t judge your past and doesn’t condemn you for any wrong step you’ve taken.

You deserve someone who wakes up, looks away and realizes how lucky he is to have someone as amazing as you walking by his side. You deserve someone who treats you with respect, someone you can trust, someone you can show your weaknesses and not see it later being used against you.

No matter what label you choose for your relationship, no matter what, there must be loyalty, honesty and respect. Before I thought that those who loved accepted everything. I was undemanding, I used that philosophy of “I accept you as you are”.

Nothing against accepting the other as he is, receiving with open arms despite the flaws, after all I have flaws too, however, when what the other does gets to the point of hurting you, hurting, disrespecting and mistreating you, the issue changes, already it is no longer something to be acceptable. We need to know what our limit is before the other, and not accept overtaking.

Love can and should be demanding. We shouldn’t be afraid to say “I don’t accept this from you because before loving you, I love myself”.

Imagine the amount of people who are good and would do anything to have you by their side, to value your every step. The world will treat you as you treat yourself, so treat yourself with a lot of love and affection, because the rest are crumbs, and that doesn’t belong to you.

GYL RANGEL