if someone were to ask me nine 11 months ago where i would see myself today .I would say married to my high school sweetheart and almost finished with college.annt wrong answer. im not even close to either one of those. going through middle school, i developed low self esteem. i lost my long hair, i chipped my teeth , and all that good stuff and i wanted nothing but a guy's attention . Now i dress to impress myself . It took me pretty much 7 yrs for me to fill fully secure with myself and accept my imperfections and that im not going to be the finest thing to walk the streets all the time. i love myself . today i feel like to many ppl lack a genuine love for themselves. they cant admit when they are hating and y, they cant accept the fact somebody may have a better body than them, they don't know why they do half the things they do or why they date the people they date.its sad. a lot of people, women especially lack self respect . I hear a lot of females say its not fair that we arent held to the same standards as men .HELLO - that should be a good thing. we are valued by men and we are more precious than men . we cant be held on the same scale . it shouldn't make us feel good if we are . it shouldn't be ok for a woman to be a ho because a man is ....women who are not monogamous deal with things, in most cases, most time it is an insecurity . they may be afraid to be alone , needing attention they cannot find within their self, or just fear of getting hurt.A single woman as myself - we should be free to mingle and have options and keep them but as a woman i clearly believe we should have standards single or not. We dont know how men feel when they go to bed at night- hell we clearly are not even programmed the same . and we clearly look at them as dogs but yet want to be put on the same scale as them . We need to have standards ,limits , and stick with them . i have been in love and i have been hurt, tho im anxious to find that good thing with a good guy, i refuse to settle .its hard to find a guy who wants me mind, body, and heart and not just my body . do i feel bad about myself for having this attitude and still having nobody -yea i do sometimes but i look at the root of my decision.why i chose to be this way. i didnt like how i was when i had low self esteem and i cant allow myself to be that way because i lack patience. i wish more women would look at themselves and see beauty . if ur hair is short put a weave in or learn to admire ur face and rock short hair. if you fat quit eating so much, if u got bad skin quit using crappy products and wearing so much make up if ur man doesnt make u feel good find a new one.if u cant sing quit trying and find something else u good at but give props to the ones who can.we complain and hate on people for things we can change- true beauty is all in confidence anyways and ones attitude the outside is just the cherry on top. and one will not kno that til they take time with themselves to figure out who they are and learn to love them self. people are so busy trying to find somebody else to love them or sleeping in somebody else bed to feel love and wanted, they are neglecting them self. they are blind to what real love is . they grow attached to the one thing that makes them feel good or the one person they believe wants them --i refuse to believe that lasting happiness lies in that.a friend of mine so young but yet so wise, in my opinion, always told me to have "Me Time." i really never understood the importance of that till i became broke lol and i had no choice but to stay home and do things with myself.it has been the most rewarding thing and im thanking God for tough times, cause regardless of the pain and stress - u learn the most.my reason for doin a blog on this is because i come across so many females and i dont really understand their actions a lot of times with guys or other females , it bothers me to an extent , because i dont understand them but in life people are all for them self and you wont ever understand everybody and. you cant save other people either, they can only save them self with their own motivation from within . so smile n brush ur shoulder off.every hater-and im sure there will always be one - is motivation to keep doin what u doing - and do it even better. cause clearly - as they say- if they not hating or congratulating than u not doin something right