Your story is important. Your story is valid, and valuable. Your story matters. But the person who is most affected by your story, is yourself. More importantly is how you tell your story to yourself. Your life is shaped by it. And, above all, it should be remembered that it is just a story. It … Continue reading Your Story
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Yourself
The longest relationship you will ever have is the one you have with yourself. The most intimate relationship you will ever have is the one you have with yourself. Let's face it, you're there with yourself during and for everything. So, since this relationship is literally till death do you part, it might be in … Continue reading Yourself
March On
When I was a kid, I would often hear adults say that I "marched to the beat of my own drum." In other words: I didn't act, think, or behave in line with the standard, societal norms. Either I seemed decades older than my age in maturity, dispensing wisdom and opinions to any adult who … Continue reading March On
Action
Start loving who you are now. Find what you can love about your life right now. Start feeling excited about getting to wake up each day, and be you. There's no need to wait for certain conditions to happen before you can love yourself. Those conditions may never happen, and even if they do, you'll … Continue reading Action
Decide
You have to make a decision that you are going to love your life. You can't just want it. If you just want to love your life, then you're going to start to settle with being okay with it. And that leads onto a slippery slope then, of mostly being disappointed with it. The whole … Continue reading Decide
Party
I have one of those day-to-day calendars. This one has a fresh quote each day from author Jen Sincero, who wrote the bestseller: You are a Badass. Today's quote is "LOVE YOURSELF And life becomes a party." It's a great quote, and considering that today is my birthday (I actually write these posts the night … Continue reading Party
You
The single most consistent relationship you will ever have is the one with yourself. There's that expression, "wherever you go, there you are. " That alone should be enough of a reason to love yourself like your life depends on it. It just makes sense to either find a way to like yourself, or to … Continue reading You