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Midlife Mantra: Celebrate Uniqueness

Growing up, I felt different from many of my childhood peers. To my adolescent sensibilities, my name was odd; theirs was melodic and sing-songy. I didn’t look like them. I carried secrets buried deep within me that never saw the light of day.

I didn’t know it back then, but in time I soon came to realize that I was unique. Even though that uniqueness set me apart from everyone else, I believed it did so in a bad way. All of that negativity fed into my low self-esteem. I didn’t like myself very much and I went about getting attention in the wrong way. I was trying too hard to be someone I wasn’t.

It wasn’t until I grew into adulthood — long past my teens, my twenties and even my thirties — before I began to accept who I was and those traits that made me unique. Am I everyone’s cup of tea? No, and I really don’t care to be. But what I will do is celebrate the traits, qualities and quirks that make me the woman I have become: Valerie.

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Comments

    • Valerie Albarda says

      …and I have a feeling you celebrate that, Pat! Congratulations or owning your quirky!

  1. Beth Havey says

    I love writing and many of my friends don’t support me doing that. Does it stop me? NO. I move forward because
    it’s me. If the makes me quirky, I’m fine with it.

    • Valerie Albarda says

      Wow Beth…that lack of support is astonishing. It saddens me, really. But you keep on keepin’ on, girl! 🙂

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