The answer should always be yes!

However, some parents don’t foster that in their Children. Mine included. Both of my parents had entirely different pictures of who they wanted me to be. Neither of which I am.

They never accepted me for who I actually am. To the point, that I’m not even sure who “I” am. That’s why my sense of identity is so unbalanced. How can I be okay with who I am if my own parents aren’t okay with you I am? How can I be Acceptable to myself if I was never acceptable to my parents.

I think my mom has always assumed that I’m going to be just like her. Work my ass into the ground, divorced with two children, single parent, no true happiness.

I think my dad always assumed that he would finally have someone to take care of him.

I can’t and won’t be what my parents expected me to be. Because I am me. I’m not sure who that is yet, but I know that I am a individual with my own thoughts,feelings,values, and beliefs.

I am good enough for me. Whatever that standard may be, I am good enough.