#embracingyourself

My biggest stumbling block...

“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” ― Leo Buscaglia Leo Buscaglia was a renowned author, motivational speaker, and professor who enthusiastically advocated for the power of love, human connection, and personal growth. This quote encourages us to recognize and embrace our unique talents and abilities, reminding us that they are divine gifts meant to…

“if you don’t love yourself, nobody will. Not only that, you won’t be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with the self.” ― Wayne Dyer Wayne Dyer was a celebrated and respected self-help author, motivational speaker, and spiritual teacher who inspired millions with his teachings on personal growth and self-actualization. This quote emphasizes the importance of self-love as the foundation…

By Zainab Noor

“Embracing yourself” this term is just easier to say to others or even yourself but it’s actually pretty hard to implement it when society is all set with their weapons to pull you down. We ourselves make a society and whether it’s intentional or not, we play a major role in creating these typical “beauty standards”.

Sharing something i myself faced and I won’t even go towards the remarks of society but my own family, “you’re too skinny” “you’re complexion is too pale”. I think when you get to hear such remarks it gets really hard to be comfortable in your own skin. It was feels like something is missing. And let’s not even go towards the list of random home remedies thrown your way.

But when you get passed the stage, where others remarks regarding your appearance, that where you learn to grow and be comfortable in your own skin. Having faith and confidence in own self has to be one’s biggest accomplishment.

To embrace yourself, you have to STOP doing something, that we humans do way too much that is negative self-judgment. Surround yourself with the people who make you feel alive, who provide you with support, inspiration, and words of encouragement.

And then turn to these people in times of need. They are the ones you will help you grow and learn to love every inch of who you are.

Notice your strengths and sharpen them up, give yourself the time and space to reflect and then begin to develop a self-awareness and understanding of situations where you feel completely content and comfortable.

In order to fully embrace yourself, you’ve to love yourself first, you have to get out of your insecurities, you have to face your challenges with a head-on, you have to be there for yourself if something goes wrong. YOU are the only one who’s gonna stop you from growing, so go out there and be your best-self.

Whenever I hear my students talk about their problems with their love life or how they feel giddy because of someone, I internally laugh and somehow pity myself. Asking myself, what am I doing? Why am I still alone? Why am I still single? Is there something wrong with me? What do they have that I don’t have? 

People, especially teenagers nowadays, are very lovable. In the sense that having a boyfriend or girlfriend became a trend. That if you don’t have one, you’re out-of-place. So I am out-of-place. 

But as I think of it, there’s nothing wrong with being single. There’s nothing wrong with being alone. 

Being single since birth paved the way for me to learn about myself. I learned the things that I love and hate. I realized that I can solve my problems independently. I discovered how to do self-care. I learned to love myself. I learned how to embrace my flaws and face my demons alone, and it is actually okay. I am actually and genuinely fine! 

So, I realized that being alone is something that I shouldn’t be afraid of. I don’t need to ride the bandwagon of having someone special to survive in this world. It’s okay to be single. We don’t need someone to discover our purpose in this world. We don’t need someone to find ourselves.