Stop Shrinking Yourself to Make Others Feel Comfortable

Another short note for you. Something to keep in mind.

In life, you will come across people who are easily intimidated and instead of them addressing THEIR insecurities they may try to get you to change. Or worse, they will try to make you feel bad about your strengths. I find it disheartening how people will take their insecurities and put them on another person. I’ve witnessed it happen to others and I’ve experienced it myself. It’s not fun 😔

At the time, when I was experiencing this, I felt like there was really something wrong with me, but eventually I came to the realization it wasn’t. I was being who I am as God made me to be and I was experiencing someone’s negative projection. Let me tell you it was awful.

I realize that you can’t please everyone — nor should you try.

Can you relate to these labels? Being called bossy when you are actually a strong leader. Or, maybe being called difficult, when you are simply brave enough to speak the hard truth. There are plenty of labels out there. 🤷🏽‍♀️

We all have insecurities, and we all have room to grow. That is true without question and I will never dispute anyone on that. No one is perfect either. I also want to be clear that I am not talking about constructive criticism, which is something we all need. I learned to be aware of the…