The Only Way To Survive Was To Live Life On My Own Terms

Everyone has learned how to say NO by now. It makes life better.

Photo by Catalin Pop

I mastered the art of not letting others rule and dictate what I did and how I should live my life. I discovered, however that I forgot to stop saying NO to myself.

In my mind, I was tethered to constructs that told me that I could not release myself from my shortcomings before…