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Self-Love isn’t Selfish | Layan Salem | TEDxYouth@SAIS


how’s everyone okay most of you know me
as Lance alum through my social media
platforms you may get that bubbly
feeling that pops up in your half years
after you hear that name well I’m here
to tell you who Leon Salim really is and
what it was that drove her to the state
of life that she is currently in I never
knew what it what it was exactly that I
wanted but I did know that it wasn’t
just about close to being mediocre we
are all afraid of the unknown of
stepping into a vivid starts in life
whether it is about the career you want
to start and places you want to discover
people you have yet to meet and mostly
stepping out of your comfort zone but I
do know one thing for a fact is that if
you are willing to set down what you
want strive for it and do your absolute
best then you are going on the right
track I went through MDD for quite some
time major depressive disorder I wasn’t
able to think straight I lost interest
in just about everything in my life I
lost people who I saw to her family I
couldn’t see pleasure in what used to
amuse me could never have enough sleep I
would sleep for over 12 hours a day and
still feel exhausted I’m not ashamed to
say that I went through a depression
that it was serious and that my father
was the only one who knew about it and
not for one second make me feel guilty
instead he supported me to seek help and
I did I still AM it wasn’t something I
could control it was like an itch in my
system I couldn’t reach it was like
having people telling you how colorful
the world is while you were colorblind
forgive yourself
forgive yourself enough to move on into
something great to break that barrier
that you have built so highly for
yourself because of those people who
have made you feel so low forgive
yourself enough to know that you
deserved better with anything that you
allowed to come into your life and most
importantly learn to accept all those on
received apologies self-love is not
selfish and I keep saying that over and
over again it is okay to choose yourself
at certain points in your life because
before you want to do anything you must
first love yourself because how you love
yourself is how you teach others to love
you how you love yourself is how you
give yourself that green light to let go
ahead and break whatever it is you have
limited you sell yourself to love
yourself enough to appreciate what you
want in life to be able to want
something and whatever it is and not
feel bad about it with anything you want
to achieve in life comes great risk and
to be scared about it is called being
human and it’s okay everyone wants to
eat but few are willing to hunt the
secret to what you want in life starts
with your everyday routine it’s not
something until you change something in
your daily routine think about it you
have twenty-four hours a day
an average human needs six to eight
hours of sleep you have 16 to 18 hours
left you decide how you use these hours
there is no greater feeling than to take
these risks on top of all because you’re
fighting for what you want know one
thing for sure that it is nothing no
matter how small will ever come easy but
that it will all be worth it there are
no small ideas too small people with
small minds and no imagination trying to
weigh you down get up work hard for what
you want and
so through it most importantly surround
yourself with people who challenge you
people who care for you and want the
best for you and let go of all those who
drain you out of your energy you don’t
need that kind of negativity in your
life this only benefits them and not you
somehow they will feel better about
themselves and that’s crucial of my
opinion whoever you surround yourself
with whoever it is you talk to you hang
out with have great impact in your life
because again people who drain you will
not lead you anywhere who you have in a
real life is a reflection of you people
who challenge you will always strive for
you to do better think bigger people who
support you will always have your back
with anything that you go through people
who want the best for you will always
challenge you toward greater things
people with their own goals and their
own ambitions will push you and you them
ask yourself are you happy who is in my
life who is impacting me who is draining
me you will get the answers easily it’s
just a matter of having enough guts to
cut people off who impact you negatively
rather than push you towards greater
things always believe that you are
capable of more than you think so
believe and achieve and again self-love
is not selfish
thank you [Applause]
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