Nelly Oluchi

Sometimes, we hold on too long to things that we shouldn't even accommodate. We hold on to toxic friendships and relationships while struggling to live a peaceful life at the same time. We meet people who never meant well for us, we meet people who have no integrity in their dealings and they expect us to be loyal to their shortcomings. Unfortunately, we fail to realize that not every one should be part of our lives. Some friendships are better dead than alive. It's funny how one of the metrics for measuring self-esteem and self-confidence is our dependence on the validation of others. I still don't understand why we so much wait on others to tell us who we are or wait for others to speak good about us. I think it stems from a place of low self-esteem.