To Thine Own Self Be True

Setting standards becomes the foundation of self worth, it is how you learn to love thyself. It is not the give and take of compromise rather it is the moments solidified before allowing others into your happy space. Knowing who you are, identifying your weakness to avoid being taken for granted. Knowing where you are vulnerable and not allowing people to use it against you. A higher standard does not leave you waiting for others to live up to a potential they may never recognized, rather it saves you valuable time by providing you with the foresight to eliminate fraudulent representatives. True to who you are will not settle for a made up version of what they want to be. Standards leave no room for regret only lessons on how to continue to raise them. A sistafriend once told me, that if I was busy focusing on who I am and what I want that it would do one of two things; have the people in my life step up or step off. Don't ever question yourself; stand up for who you are.