She couldn’t contain her excitement when she spotted the picture of one of her recent artworks on page 5 of the news daily as something to admire.
While she was still basking in the glory of appreciation it occurred to her how readily she had gone on self-bashing and how many times she has paused from complimenting herself.
She recalled the time when his smallest compliment used to make her feel ecstatic, but she failed to recollect any instance where she would have praised herself for anything.
She was surprised to observe how she had turned self-critical, who cringed from self-complimenting even though she had done some remarkable work in her life.
She was confident and didn’t have an iota of doubt about her self-worth. Then was it excessive modesty or self-doubt that refrained her from praising herself was hard to say.
Her promising career, refined personality, love for finer things, intelligence and large-heartedness, everything got her the admiration of others but none from her.
It was about time to acknowledge and pat her back for rediscovering herself while handling the complex stages of the breakup. And for retaining her dignity by not pleading to save their connection, for being true to herself, for being nice even in the gloomiest of events, for being immune to resentment against him. “Way to go, girl,” she exclaimed!