One of the greatest gifts another person can give you is reminding you that you matter.

One of the greatest burdens you can place on them is expecting them to be the reason you matter.

Those are two very different things.

Many people spend years looking for someone else's approval to feel enough. The problem is that approval changes. People's moods change. Relationships change.

Your worth doesn't.

Healthy relationships add to your life. They don't create your identity.

When you begin leading yourself from the inside, you stop asking other people to carry a job that was never theirs.