Earlier today, while texting with an acquaintance, I noticed my phone’s battery had run down to nine percent, so I informed him to give him the hint that I would be going offline but his immediate reply, “A nine, one short of who you are,” completely made my day.
I mean something about the simplicity of that line tugged at my heart. I think it's because lately, I’ve been feeling a little less like myself. I’ve been tired, mostly unmotivated and constantly chasing the idea of prolly being more if I’m to put it that way. But those words after I read them stayed on me, reminding me of how often we measure our worth by what’s missing, not by what’s already there. So I thought why not turn it into a blog post, one that is thoughtful enough to make someone else smile too?
It beats me how most of the time we dwell on the undone tasks, the unhealed parts of us, the almost achievements, or the acne on our faces forgetting that even in our incompleteness, there’s beauty and there’s effort and there’s heart.
My aim here is to remind you that no matter how drained or uncertain you are about either your weight, face, or life achievements, always remember that you’re a ten. Always will be. No subtraction.
Sometimes it infuriates me when I think of how much time we spend in front of the mirror trying to prove ourselves to the world, to people, even to our own reflection. But for real, we really don’t have to earn our worth. You don’t have to prove too much to anyone to be guaranteed love, kindness or the beautiful things the universe has to offer. You already are all of those things. You’ve just forgotten how to see it.
So if you feel low today, if you feel like your human battery is running out, remember and tell yourself that you are not one short of enough. You are soft and flawed and still pretty magnificent. You are effort and chaos and beauty intertwined.
You’re the ten, always have been, the kind that doesn’t fade even when the light flickers. Period!