My constant struggle is knowing I am enough. I honestly feel like I don’t get told I am enough often. It’s not that I want to hear it everyday, it’s that I don’t hear it enough.

I would love to be told “You’re enough. I see your efforts. You’re really trying. I acknowledge you. I know you’re putting in the effort that you can day to day. You’re more than enough. Who you are is enough for me.” I don’t hear that everyday. I don’t hear it once a week. I don’t even hear it once a month. So the feeling of inadequacy has definitely nestled in.

I don’t want to feel inadequate. I want to feel like I am enough. I want to know with all my heart and mind that everything I do is enough. Every inch of effort is enough. It is the best that I can do and that is good enough. I want to know my efforts are noticed. That every drop of blood, sweat, and tear is acknowledged.

Yeah, maybe I can do more. Maybe, right when I think I’ve done enough, I can do more. But I don’t want to exhaust myself. I want to have strength for the next day. It feels like I have to do so much hauling every single day. Won’t I drain out one day? Can’t I do a little now and a little then? Doesn’t a little go a long way? Is all the work I do enough? Is all the effort I put in enough? Aren’t I enough? I’d like to hear it, you know?

I want to be more than enough…

To those who also don’t get told often: Your effort is noticed. Your work is noticed. You are noticed and you are enough. From your head to your toes, every inch of you is enough.