Stand strong. Take a deep breath and move forward. Let all of the ugliness of the past dissipate and fall away. Close your eyes and envision your life as you want it to be. See all the love and beauty that awaits you. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Make it count and start it fresh. Listen to your heart as you move through the day, reach out your hand to someone who is need. Reach out with a kind word to someone who longs to hear the words from you. Turn those kind words inward and tell yourself you are worthy and deserving. No matter how much doubt clouds your mind, you are deserving. Surround yourself with goodness and love. Picture yourself with a smile on your face and know that that there is nothing you can't achieve. Don't waste one more minute waiting for life to come to you. Grab it , embrace the love that awaits you. It is as easy as changing your mind to the possibility. For you ANYTHING is possible.
Self-Acceptance
Have you ever wanted to fit in so badly, you lose yourself completely? My desire for acceptance started as far back as when I was 7. I wanted the acceptance from my brother. I would beg to go fishing and hunting with him and my dad. My father always let me go, however my brother NEVER embraced the idea and teased me endlessly. By the time I was in the sixth grade, not only was I striving to get the best grades (just like him), but I was playing every “boy” sport there was to participate in. I became a tom boy and it was then that I started to lose myself. In the 7 th grade, I cut my waist length hair to my shoulders and after my father saw it, he wouldn’t speak to me for days. Little did I know the effect the two most important men in my life would have on me, by the age of 13, neither accepted me and that is when I believed I was not enough. I have dealt with countless men who have put me down, threatened, hara...
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