This Is Me

by Chrissy Metz

We are so afraid of believing that we deserve great things, especially if we do the hard work.

When I was down, people told me that was where I would stay. But when you are so far down, the only way to go is up.

just a person who is made to feel that your surroundings are not good enough, remember that your soul is what matters.

you can’t give from an empty well. When you don’t realize how full your life is, you can’t give to others. And when you cannot give to others, you will not be able to receive.

She was one more person telling me I was taking up too much space.

How could I expect other people to do something for me that I wasn’t willing to do for myself?

What I have learned is that hurt people hurt people.

It would be some time—we’re talking years—before I learned the importance of staying present and not getting stuck by worrying about the future or lamenting what happened to me in the past.

Ask yourself this simple question: Can I do what I want to be doing where I am now?

I believe that everything happens as it should. What is yours is meant for you, and you can maintain it and there is an abundance for everyone. It’s not always the journey we expect, but it’s the one we need to take.

Technology has made people socially inept and eliminated the need to get to know someone.

Don’t let people talk you out of your success, because many people are conditioned to have lowered expectations about what life can offer.

We are not taught that we are limitless and fantastic just the way we are. We are told, “You’re not enough,” and “You’re too much of this.”

When you’re given something good, you sometimes wait for the other shoe to drop.

people have been hurt and they think they will feel better if they hurt you.

And then it all clicked for me. She felt inadequate, so she needed me to feel inadequate. Hurt people hurt people.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

Part of being an adult and being emotionally secure is knowing that people’s attitudes don’t have the power to destroy you. You have the power to decide how to react to the hurt people who want you to feel just as hurt as them.

Again, what people think about you is none of your business. You do what makes you happy, and you can’t control how it makes other people feel. It’s your life. Why would you live for anybody else? The whole point of us being here is to be ourselves.

If you can’t love yourself for who you are right now, you’ll never get to the place you’re meant to be.

What you want to receive in your own life—whether it’s opportunity, love, or grace—you have to put it out there first.

So often, we don’t think we’re deserving of things. But we will sprain a wrist reaching for our wallets to help others.

Buy the laptop. Or the dress. Enroll in a class. Whatever it is, you’re worth it.

You’re worthy of time, attention, and love. It might not be easy to accept it right now, but act as if it is. And soon, it will be.

Remember, setting boundaries isn’t about being a diva, it’s about self-care. No one ever taught us self-care.

to the folks who told me no, passed me up and counted me down and out. You were always a part of the plan. Thank you.