Love Yourself Sis
It hit me hard when Mary J. Blige said “ How can I love somebody else, when I can’t love myself enough to know when it’s time, time to let go?” Chile listen! Mary J was talking about a bad relationship, but when you really think about it we can apply this to any part of our lives. What are you holding on to that doesn’t love you and ultimately shows you just how much you don’t love yourself? Ouch! I know right I felt the same way as these words rang through my ears this week. This song has always been a bop, but when I listened with my heart this time around I heard the words differently. How can I love somebody (something) else when I can’t love myself enough to know when it’s time to let go?
It’s time to let go of not only bad relationships, but anything and everything that doesn’t serve you. You have to love yourself enough to let go. I am not currently in a bad relationship romantically, but I am holding on to dead friendships and giving too much time to things that drain me and are not useful. Many times I find myself holding on to people and things because I see the potential in them. I always see the “ what could be or what if.” It’s time to stop holding on to the potential of people, places and things. Love yourself enough to let go. Just because the potential is there doesn’t mean they will live up to it. Let go Sis and love yourself enough to know when it’s time.
Just like Mary, all you really want is to be happy and find a love that yours right? I’m here to tell you, you will never truly be happy until you love yourself Sis. Love yourself truly and fully and the first step is to let go of everything that is weighing you down. Think about a rocket preparing for lift off. When that rocket takes off into the sky it sheds unnecessary parts that are weighing it down in order to get to it’s destination. Be like a rocket Sis. You cannot hold on to everything. Love yourself enough to know when it’s time to let go…
Look in the mirror and love her whose staring back at you. Let go of bad relationships, bad family relationships, dead friendships, poor choices, and poor habits. Love you enough to know it is time to let go. Emmerse yourself into a love so sweet and full. Love Yourself Sis!
What or who are you holding on to that is stopping you from experiencing real love, self love? Do you love yourself enough to know that it is time to let go?
