Fruitycake’s Friday Affirmation

Believe In Yourself — Even When Others Don’t

This is Fruitycake.

I have been thinking about believing in yourself. It sounds pretty easy when you put it on a coffee mug. But believing in yourself when everyone is clapping for you isn’t really the hard part.

The hard part is believing in yourself when someone doubts you. When someone doesn’t understand you. When life changes and suddenly you aren’t quite as confident about yourself as you used to be.

I’ve been feeling a little like that lately.

These little seizure episodes I’ve been having have made me insecure. I don’t understand why they happen. I don’t know when they are going to happen. And when something is happening to your own body that you can’t control, it can make you wonder if you are still the same person—or dog—you were before.

I think sometimes we start looking at ourselves through the eyes of our problems.

We think the thing we’re struggling with has somehow become the biggest thing about us.

But it hasn’t.

I am still Fruitycake.

I still like pizza. I still make Girl Person laugh. I still go exploring. I still have opinions about practically everything. I still have a family who loves me. And I still have important work to do helping people understand why rescue dogs deserve a chance.

A seizure doesn’t get to decide who I am.

And whatever you’re struggling with today doesn’t get to decide who you are either.

There will always be people who don’t understand your dreams. There may be people who think you can’t do something because of where you came from, what you’ve been through, what you look like, how much money you have, or what you’re struggling with right now.

They don’t get the final vote.

You do.

Maybe believing in yourself doesn’t mean never being scared or insecure. Maybe it means being scared and insecure and deciding to keep going anyway.

I don’t know exactly what is going to happen at my vet appointment. I don’t know why these episodes are happening yet. But I know I’m going to keep being Fruitycake.

And today, I want you to keep being you. Let’s say this out loud!

🐾 Fruitycake’s Friday Affirmation

I believe in myself even when others don’t.
I am more than the things I am struggling with.
I will not allow fear, uncertainty or someone else’s opinion to determine my worth.
I still have something wonderful to give this world.
And I am going to keep going.

Because sometimes the person who needs to believe in you the most…

is you.

Love,
Fruitycake 🐾🍕

P.S. From Fruitycake: I need a vet appointment next week because of these seizure episodes, and we are preparing for the appointment and testing. If you can help Girl Person get me there and get some answers, we would be incredibly grateful. We also have grocery day TODAY and our everyday necessities to cover.

Every donation, no matter the amount, helps us care for me while continuing our mission to Make Rescues The Breed Of Choice!

❤️ Zelle: rachael@2travelingdogs.com
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If you can’t donate, sharing our work and telling someone why rescue animals matter helps too.

Thank you for believing in me. I’ll keep working on believing in myself. ❤️