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I am a mother and my daughter is 18. When she was your age we had a real hard time. She was really rebellious and was doing really dangerous things. It worried me and I was constantly triggered because she was also extremely anorexic from the ages of 13-15. I have a lot of ptsd caused by that time period for us. I made a lot of mistakes during that time that probably made her worse. Like telling her she “just needed to eat” when she was starving herself which is one of the absolute worst things you could say to a person with anorexia I later learned.

I try the best I can, but truth is parents have to learn a lot as we go. Parents are considered the “teachers” but tbh we learn more from you kids. We learn how to live with our hearts outside our bodies (that’s you our kids) and sometimes it’s really hard for us. Some of us are more graceful than others but I am a single mom and I work a lot so I’ve been guilty of having alot of worries in my head my kids don’t always know but probably feel.

Another story is I was driving in the storms a few weeks ago because I had to travel for work. It was a road trip with one of my girl friends of 25+ years. My mom called me on Bluetooth and started borderline yelling at me anxiously telling me not to go because she was concerned about me driving in the rain. I thanked her for guidance and told her I loved her and got off the phone. It was quiet for a minute. Then my friend sitting in passenger said to me “good job not listening to your mom all these years” we both started laughing.

Remember that even though you are a kid and your mothers child you have your own wisdom and truth. There’s alot of “noise” out there learn to tune it out. Sometimes that noise can taint us, make a practice of safeguarding and protecting your energy & your peace. This isn’t always comfortable but be ok with discomfort and you will grow! And you will change and adapt and be better!

Sometimes we need to create a boundary with people we love. Doesn’t mean they are bad just means it’s not for us and that’s ok.

Happy birthday dear! You’ll be alright :)

Lol it’s good to be alive haha …

No Dumb Questions podcast recently dropped an episode on Michael Jordan titled: Is Michael Jordan Happy.

Case in point: watch Michael Jordan's hall of fame acceptance speech. Would someone at the height of his career, success and popularity say what he said in his speech?

Although perseverance and motivation is important, I think Michael Jordan is unique in that he also embodies what it cost to reach such heights. The faustian bargain that he makes and the sacrifices along the way.

Professionals get paid, amateurs don't

Coming to the comments and it’s all negative… some of y’all never felt like you didn’t deserve to be successful and it shows.

It doesn’t say “I deserve all the things I want”… it says “I am worthy of all the things I want”. It means you are inherently enough, that your goals are valid no matter how seemingly unattainable, and you deserve to push yourself to go after them.

Like damn y’all. Why hop on a motivational sub to act bitter?

...and gosh darn it, people like me.

Yes, everything I want I should have, typical modern societies.

Imagine a med student reading this or a surgeon

I would have love to be at that pitch meeting:

« Hey, you’re great and all, but let’s focus on the negative. We’ll sell how you’re a failure but you’re a mvp for it, trust us, light cigar »

And the lesson, kids, is never try.

It was a Nike commercial.

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My take*

Keep on failing and you too can be Michael Jordan

Me after a fat dab. Lol

Wow, A great quote to start a day.

You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes...

Damn you win lmfao.

Lol, thats hilarious. Nah, the greatest purpose a horseshoe can have is to be thrown through a window in an act of selfish revenge.

Don't listen to people who try to be discouraging. People who are too scared to try things themselves will try to keep you from succeeding.

I know you are young, but many abusive spouses behave this way. They think that if they convince a girl that she is worthless or incapable of doing anything right, she will never get brave enough to leave them.

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I was imagining right-wing Karens reading this and thinking: "yes! I deserve respect! I deserve luxury! I deserve to be rich!" And that's why I hate this

Respectfully🙏

Just because I feel worthy of winning the lottery doesn't mean I should expect to...

Bouncer: excuse me, sir. You can't just cut to the front of the line.

Guy: *points to sign. I want to cut the line. I'm worthy of getting that.

Bouncer: I want you to leave. I'm worthy of getting that.

Guy: that's your opinion.