I think it really depends on what context we are saying this sentence in. It’s always good to hear someone say to us that we’re enough, that we deserve everything beautiful in the world, and that we lighten somebody’s life. It’s fantastic to know your worth and the uniqueness inside you. But is that all to it? Are we actually enough just as we are? If you have to sit in silence and ask yourself this question, what would be your answer? My answer is very, I would say, not constant. Being at an age where life moves fast and everything is so confusing, you feel like something always lacks inside you. And on some good days, you feel abundant in yourself. So, which feeling is the one you must stick to? Because life gets in the way and emotions run high many times, and we kind of ignore this feeling of being complete in ourselves.
Are you complete? Is there nothing in you that can be better? Or is there something that makes you feel behind in life? It’s okay to not settle for lesser versions of you, but it’s equally important to not abandon that version of yourself and bash it all the time. But sometimes I feel like time is running, and when will I finally become ‘enough’—not for somebody else, but enough that I can see in the mirror and say, ‘Yes, that’s what I knew I will be one day, and here I am.’
I don’t have all the answers to this question. But one thing I know for sure is that loving yourself doesn’t have to come from a place of achieving or running behind it, like some kind of trophy. Loving yourself is not a destination; it’s an everyday process. And just because you want to improve yourself and inculcate some new habits, values, and material things doesn’t mean you have to hate the current version of yourself. Just look at how far you’ve come, and I guess you’ll know where you stand. Or maybe you’ll not know. But keep pushing, keep loving.
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