finally choosing to value myself the way i deserve means there is going to be great pain when i make the gut wrenching decisions to release dead end people from my life. instead of allowing this change to destroy me, i’m choosing to see this as a preventative shift that will save me the unnecessary heartbreak that i already know is inevitable. i’ve always been one to allow these people to create undeserved chaos and disrespect i once felt was the only love i could be given. now, things have changed. i deserve more and i will not allow myself to think anything below myself, ever again. 3rd times a charm” will never ring true when they’ve already exclaimed their perceived value of who you are. a manipulated perception of yourself that you don’t need to exercise for the benefit of their selfish guilt they convinced you of.