Stop Abandoning Yourself
- Marc Altmann
- Jan 15
- 2 min read
Stop abandoning yourself.
A little each day.
Every time you make yourself smaller than you are.
NO YES TO YOURSELF = NO REAL LIFE
If you do not give yourself a clear yes, you are not living your life, but an adapted version of it.
Then others try to categorise you, evaluate you, shape you. And you go along with it. Not because it is right — but because you do not trust yourself.
As long as you do not accept yourself, you will search everywhere for validation. And it will never be enough.
YOU ARE THE FOUNDATION – NOT OTHERS
The most important relationship in your life is the one you have with yourself. Not with your partner. Not with your family. Not with your clients.
If this foundation is unstable, everything becomes unstable. Then you wear masks. Then you explain yourself. Then you adapt.
When you live from the truth of your soul, you stop asking for permission. You know who you are. And that is enough.
WHY DO YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE TREATED BADLY?
You would not allow it for any other person. But for yourself?
Self-devaluation is not a sign of humility. It is an attack on your own being.
Your soul is not “here by accident.” It is an expression of the Divine within you. Whoever diminishes themselves is trampling on something sacred.
Inner freedom begins where you stop turning against yourself.
NO ONE CAN FLY YOUR LIFE FOR YOU
You are the pilot. Full stop.
If you wait for others to save you, validate you, or guide you, you will remain on the ground.
Fear does not disappear by avoiding it. It disappears when you stop running away from yourself.
Self-acceptance is not a feel-good idea. It is a decision.
LOVE IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR SELF-ABANDONMENT
When two people do not know themselves, they cling to each other.
This is called a relationship — but it often feels like lack.
Only two people who are connected to themselves can truly meet. Not out of neediness, but from inner fullness.
Then the other person is no longer a lifeline, but a mirror of your own clarity.
If you want to learn to stop abandoning yourself, the work does not begin on the outside, but in an honest encounter with yourself.
In my sessions, I guide people precisely there: back into their own inner authority. Back into connection with themselves.
Warm regards,
Marc Altmann
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