What Is Self Love Essay

"The most important thing I've learned is to never stop being who I am and to never be ashamed and to love myself because self-love is the best love" stated Samantha Hofmeister as she stared off into space, recollecting all the moments of her life that had to lead her to this point. Within that moment I knew that statement had opened up a whole new personality of a person that I had not got the chance to meet. The Samantha that was scared and lonely before the time she had come out to her parents. It had taken her a year to be at the point of feeling secure with herself, a moment of peace in such a hectic time, being in high school. Before she had to struggle with all of these moments of getting past one wall and running into another, all in …show more content…
I learned more about a girl who had to go through trials and errors, coming out, and acceptance in order to become the person she is today.
It was sometime during Samantha's freshman year that this nagging conscious thought, the same thought that had stayed by her side since the 8th grade, “ I’m lesbian.” It was then in the 8th grade that she did more research and tried to come to terms with being “gay” over the year, but that was not even the biggest hurdle she had to make the transition from being who she was to who she is today. Every now and against he would see herself developing crushes on girls, but never really took it anywhere further because she was scared of what other people would think or say until her freshman year she finally made a step in …show more content…
A year later Samantha came out as lesbian despite the fear of rejection. She sat her family down in the living room and told them, although her sister already knew, she told them with her mom and dad as a formality. At first, it was something that took some adjusting too, she was treated slightly different, but in the end that undying love that parent promise to their children prevailed. She now lived in a very accepting home where her friend of all races, gender, and sexualities may come and go .” To me, being a part of LGBT gives me a sense of belonging, I feel comfortable & welcomed. I feel like this is the least judgemental and most accepting community to be apart of, at least for me. Not once have I felt like I would be judged based on who I'd like or how I identified, its all pretty great. I know I will always have this community to support me when I feel alone or afraid. I feel like we're all connected in some way like a family in one way or another.” She had been supported by her community and with her family, and now she had two sets of communities to call