Addicts' Corner

What happens when I choose to stay different?


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Last year, a very dear friend of mine started a journey to recovering from low self esteem and insecurity. She started by reading, enrolling for mentorship and praying tirelessly to grow. Then she grew to starting a community, ran a writing challenge and making audio works to express how she felt. So far, she has grown so much that I am highly impressed and privileged to be called her friend. Recently, she told about an event she was called to feature to help others. She struggled though and I told her that since she did it before, she could do it again. She chose to do it and I am very grateful that she @tolu has grown. For the record, I love you Tolu. Well, since she never showed any traces of someone with a low self esteem, when she told me I was very surprised. Amazingly, she said for several years she rejected it by saying she had high esteem until she began to notice the emotions rising from time to time. Then she told herself that it was time to let go of it. And by letting go, the first thing she did was to say to herself that Tolu you have low self esteem and you're insecure. Now, she transitioned successfully because she accepted that fact and became the Tolu that is growing from low esteem, helping others and advancing in her career. I admire her courage so much because it takes a lot to abandon a personality you painted for yourself to really embrace who you are and transition to a better version. When you accept and acknowledge Who You Are, transitioning to a better person becomes a minor thing. We struggle during transition because we never passed stage one of accepting and acknowledging the loopholes. This week's episode is about doing you and sticking to it. Jesus loves us and our identity in me is more than we can ever imagine. So far, it is the best life yet.
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Addicts' CornerBy Oluwatobiloba Davies

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