WORTH READING & SEEING: “Stand Tall,” a song encouraging bullied victims to have strength

Here’s a comment by the performer, Lauren Irwin, from her website

“At many points in my life I found myself thinking I wasn’t good enough. I wasn’t smart enough, thin enough, fat enough, tall enough, pretty enough, quirky enough, blonde enough … the list goes on.

I’m a pretty positive person, although it might not sound like it, but I found that I was always putting myself down and I started to wonder why I always felt as though I wasn’t good enough. I always felt that everyone was better than me. I am an actress and singer and working in the entertainment industry I am constantly surrounded by beautiful people, it’s easy for insecurities to creep in and to start believing that everyone else is more successful and perfect, that I don’t compare. I could find many reasons for those feelings, but where would that get me? Making excuses would only keep me in the same place, and hurt me even more. I remember a conversation I had one evening with my mum. She told me to take back control of my life, that I could be anyone I wanted and achieve anything I wanted – but only when I let go of all my hurt and TAKE CONTROL!  I went to bed that night thinking of all the things my mum said, and I woke the next morning with the words  I AM ENOUGH running through my mind.

That morning I finally realized that I didn’t need to be like someone else – no one else’s size, no one’s height, religion, look – I just needed to be me. After all I AM ENOUGH. Later that same day I found myself sitting in a tattoo parlor on Sunset Blvd, having the words I AM ENOUGH permanently printed on my wrist. The tattoo artist wanted to stop after ‘I AM’ (I don’t cope too well with pain and apparently I was turning a nasty shade of grey), but I was determined to have this quote forever printed on my wrist where I would see it every day, so that I would never forget and always believe.

So, remember, no matter what happens in your life, wherever you are in the world, whatever your religion, your belief, your sexuality, or your look…   YOU ARE ENOUGH!

At many points in my life I found myself thinking I wasn’t good enough. I wasn’t smart enough, thin enough, fat enough, tall enough, pretty enough, quirky enough, blonde enough … the list goes on.

I’m a pretty positive person, although it might not sound like it, but I found that I was always putting myself down and I started to wonder why I always felt as though I wasn’t good enough. I always felt that everyone was better than me.”

I am an actress and singer and working in the entertainment industry I am constantly surrounded by beautiful people, it’s easy for insecurities to creep in and to start believing that everyone else is more successful and perfect, that I don’t compare. I could find many reasons for those feelings, but where would that get me? Making excuses would only keep me in the same place, and hurt me even more. I remember a conversation I had one evening with my mum. She told me to take back control of my life, that I could be anyone I wanted and achieve anything I wanted – but only when I let go of all my hurt and TAKE CONTROL!  I went to bed that night thinking of all the things my mum said, and I woke the next morning with the words  I AM ENOUGH running through my mind.

That morning I finally realized that I didn’t need to be like someone else – no one else’s size, no one’s height, religion, look – I just needed to be me. After all I AM ENOUGH. Later that same day I found myself sitting in a tattoo parlor on Sunset Blvd, having the words I AM ENOUGH permanently printed on my wrist. The tattoo artist wanted to stop after ‘I AM’ (I don’t cope too well with pain and apparently I was turning a nasty shade of grey), but I was determined to have this quote forever printed on my wrist where I would see it every day, so that I would never forget and always believe.

So, remember, no matter what happens in your life, wherever you are in the world, whatever your religion, your belief, your sexuality, or your look…   YOU ARE ENOUGH!

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