Validation Street

I said to someone the other day that I "don't normally need validation" in my life. When I said it, I actually believed it. For some reason, though, this statement has been nagging at me. And so, as I often do when I'm obsessing learning about something, I looked up the defintion.

val·i·date   [val-i-deyt]

–verb (used with object), -dat·ed, -dat·ing.

1. to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
 
Now I realize what a ridiculous statement that actually was - not for everybody, but for me.  Of course, I need others to substaniate my work or my thoughts or my feelings.  Of course, I need confirmation that I am a marketing dynamo, that I look cute in my new top, that my blog is funny.  Of course, I do. 
 
Someday, I will be that sort of woman who is so strong and so confident and so self-assured that she doesn't need any validation from anyone, any place, any time. 
 
But for now, just tell me you like me.