“There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision. When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.” - Stacey Charter Do i love myself 100%, not quite yet. Too many mistakes I still need to rectify. But even knowing I am faulted, maybe more so than most, I refuse to let go of my pride. I AM proud of who I am becoming. More than ever, I am driven to succeed. I have goals, clear and set, that i will not rest until i reach. I know that with persistence, my barriers do get torn down, and if you're worth it, I may open up. But fuck you if you think Im down to be anyone's fallback. Fuck you if you like me for any fucking reason other than who I am. Even fuck you if you HATE me for any reason other than who I am. I am not some second fiddle, I am a fucking Stradivarius. And anyone would be lucky to truly gain both my affection and respect. Is this arrogance? No Is this confidence? Not even that. This is that bit deep inside me that refuses to accept anyone telling me Im not worth it. Because guess fucking what. I am.