Posted on May 19, 2019July 24, 2020 by jacobmarriesRemember my Value View this post on Instagram "You helped me remember my value." For some reason those words that she spoke to her groom hung in the air a little longer for me. – As much as we want to think we're strong and secure individuals, the people around us influence how we view ourselves. How we're treated in our most intimate relationships (parental and romantic) have a profound power to affirm or warp the perception of our inherit value. – I remember sitting with a counselor talking about my crumbling world. I can't remember what I was talking about, but my framework must have been so depleted and incredibly skewed that he had to stop me to ask, "what makes you valuable?" – I couldn't answer. – I didn't have an answer. – So we went on for 30 mins with him asking me questions, trying to draw out of me a new perspective. In that time he slowly gave me a new framework to view myself, as he had me list out things, one after another, about why I have value. – As I think back to that moment, my eyes begin to swell. I was was at a place where I was more broken than I'd ever been, but I was fortunate enough to have someone who spoke something powerful into me. That hour session was a turning point, it began a process of putting together and build back up. It was place where healing found its roots and dug in. It was place where I could look past my immediate wounds and see family and friends who saw value in me. – So there I was at this elopement in Pasadena, listening to her speak that one phrase in her vows. – She said so much in such few words. A post shared by Jacob Jurado (@jacobmarries) on May 19, 2019 at 9:08am PDT
