The article explores the impact of external criticism on self-worth through the author's childhood experience of sharing art with a dismissive parent. It emphasizes how repeated moments of feeling 'not enough' can lead to internalizing feelings of inadequacy, causing individuals to conform to societal expectations and norms. The author reflects on how these experiences shape one’s identity and perceptions. Ultimately, it argues that despite external judgments, every individual is inherently worthy and worthy of acceptance just for being alive.
We often block our own blessings because we don't feel inherently good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, or worthy enough. But you're worthy because you are born. You alone are enough.
These are the moments when something happens that makes you start questioning your worth, and you begin internalizing that somehow, your being and whatever you do is not enough.
You go from being purely and authentically you to shrinking into a mold of what's expected of you, realizing you're damned if you do but also damned if you don't.
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