I need to respect myself enough to let go of the people that don't value me.
She doesn't value me anymore because of the way I used to be. The fact that I'm not that way anymore is irrelevant to her. I just gotta choke it down, and accept that it's that way.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.