Some have this...Some don't. Even if you have your differences, you are blessed if you have family who care about you, are there when you need them, are loyal to you and defend you, accept you as you are, and include you in their lives. Experiencing love from a mother, father, sister or brother can encourage and strengthen you in a way nothing else can, and the lack of it during difficulties makes you feel the ultimate rejection and loneliness. After all, if they don't love you, why would anyone else? Sometimes I feel like a failure, especially as a mother, because sometimes it seems what I do is never good enough and I am always falling short of expectations for me. But regardless of this, my one hope is that those I love KNOW that I love them beyond a doubt...that even if others show indifference or an air of superiority toward them, that I love them right where they are. No matter what. In essence, I believe our greatest need in life is to feel loved and accepted for who we are. We all strive in different ways to prove ourselves worthy of acceptance. This is why it's so important to have a relationship with God and know His unconditional love, otherwise we will never achieve our full potential. Knowing we are loved by God and our first family are essential elements of a firm foundation for success in all we do...otherwise we limp through life feeling unknown, unwanted, and unimportant, seeking recognition in worldly things in an attempt to fill a heart - shaped vacuum.
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