You Are Not “Too Much” to Be Loved
âIf you always feel like youâre too much or too little, maybe youâre adding yourself to the wrong recipe.â â ~Sophia Joan Short
There is an art to shrinking yourself.
As a young girl, I was painfully earnest. I hadnât learned the craft of nonchalance that was as much a requirement for being liked as name-brand clothes and Livestrong wristbands. One day, as I chattered excitedly on the school bus home, my seat-mate scolded me: âHailey. Calm down. Youâre so annoying.â
This is how I learned that my enthusiasm made me unlikable.
At home, short tempers led to angry arguments…