Whose permission do you need?

Whose permission do  you need to excel?
Whose permission do you need to not get beat?
Whose permission do you need to go to college?
Whose permission do  you need before you can lose weight?
Whose permission do you need before you can be happy?
Whose permission do you need before you can love again?
Whose permission do you  need to accept yourself?
Whose permission do you need to love your thighs?
Whose permission do you need to go to the gym tommorrow?
Whose permission do you need to find a new hobby?
Whose permission do you need to feel accepted?
loved
worthwhile
whole...


When you allow others the right to dictate your happiness..your life choices...your state of being...
because you think they know what you should do.
Verses..
You figuring it out and doing it.
YOU are handing the reins of your life to someone who doesn't have the manual.
And has their own agenda.
And if that person is an abuser..
then you have handed the reins of your life over..
to a manipulator who is USING YOU
to satisfy their need for control.
And while it may feel good to please them..
because you so badly want to please someone..
because you are never pleased with yourself..
it is an empty moment.
Draining you.
Not filling you.
A person who truly loves you will not attempt to grant you permission.
Will not degrade your dreams...
Will not  impede your progress...
But will support you while you find the strength within yourself to find out who you are on your own.
The only permission that is neccessary
IS YOURS.