self-im·age/ˈˌself ˈimij/noun

1. the idea one has of one’s abilities, appearance, and personality

I haven’t always seen myself the way that I should. What I mean is my 👑 crown hasn’t always sat up straight. I haven’t always felt loved , I haven’t felt beautiful but just because I didn’t feel those things didn’t mean I WASN’T loved, beautiful or a Queen !

My eyes were blinded by the ugliness laid in front of me & my ears were muffled from the constant negative sounds that entered on many occasions , I had adjusted to those things that I had heard over and over and the thoughts that It may be true.

I had lost all confidence & wasn’t just from a past relationship my confidence had been long gone I just felt like I needed a validation from someone other than myself.

I constantly tried to encourage myself that ((I WAS/I AM )) more than what I see in the mirror.

I started to take sticky notes 📝 and place them all over my mirror written with encouraging words. There’s a saying if you say something repeatedly you start to believe it and words are LIFE. You speak them and you give them life . So I spoke those encouraging words daily and reminded myself that “I AM “