You Are Enough

Tonight I decided to do a workout from ExerciseTV through my On Demand.  While Jonas was finishing up his homework, I did the Biggest Loser Last Chance Workout video. That was about 30 minutes.  I was good and sweaty, but I was ready to do more.  While I was flipping through the videos, Jonas saw a video called Cardioke.  This video was made by Billy Blanks, Jr. It is a cardio workout in which you sing to get extra benefits.  It was a fun, dancing video.  However, what I wasn't prepared for, what really touched me was the cool-down song which was written by Billy Blanks, Jr.'s wife, Sharon Catherine Blanks.  I searched until I found the lyrics so I could share them.  They really hit home with me with what I've been feeling in my own journey. Here is the link to the YouTube video as well.

"You Are Enough"  
by Sharon Catherine Blanks


Start from where you are
Take a deep breath in
Take a brave look in the mirror
At the soul inside your skin
So hard on your self

Perfection's overrated
And life's so complicated

And simply stated


It's gonna be all right

Every flaw is magnified

Underneath your hardened eyes

You pick yourself apart

And cut you down to size

It’s just standard operation

For your self-humiliation

It’s become so much your normal 

That you don’t realize 

You are enough

You are enough

You are exactly where

You need to be

Right now it’s tough

But all that you need

To get through

Is already in you

You are enough

There’s so much pain all around you

From the nerdy plain jane

To the pretty girl, too

You just never know

So you think that you’re alone

That no one can relate to you

And you’re the only one 

It’s gonna be all right

Don’t like your job

Don’t like your life

You’re fighting with your husband

Your fighting with your wife

No one understands you

They’ve never been your age

It’s funny

Each new generation

Has the same old rage

You are enough

You are enough

You are exactly where

You need to be

Right now it’s tough

But all that you need

To get through

Is already in you

You are enough

There’s never been a you before

So how can someone

Tell you how to be?

I wish that I could take away

Your doubt and set you free

Start from where you are

Take it in stride

Call it all good

Call it a win

Reach from inside

You are enough

You are enough

You are exactly where 

You need to be

Right now it’s tough

But all that you need 

To get through

Is already in you

You are enough

You are enough

You are exactly where you need to be

Right now it’s tough

But all that you need 

To get through

Is already in you

I am enough

I certainly am enough.  So are you. Love yourself, you're doing the right thing... and so am I.  Keep moving on. You can do it, and so can I.