Month: March 2017

Be You

“Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart, so recognize it when it happens. Living a lie will reduce you to one.”

― Ashly Lorenzana

         Be confident in who you are, and never let anyone or anything force you to compromise your values. This is often the hardest lesson of life but is the key to living a life full of happiness and integrity. For if there is one rule to govern your life by, it would simply be to live your truth each and every day.

No Regrets

“I don’t do regrets. Regrets are pointless. It’s too late for regrets. You’ve already done it, haven’t you? You’ve lived your life. No point wishing you could change it.”

― Lemmy Kilmister

         What’s done is done. There’s no point in wasting energy regretting things that are in your past and can’t be changed. It does no one any good, least of all you. So, instead focus on creating a future that you are proud of and make better choices going forward.

Create Your Masterpiece

“Life’s kind of like a painting. A really bizarre, abstract painting. You could look at it and think that all it is, is a blur. And you could continue living your life thinking that all it is, is just a blur. But if you really look at it, really see it, focus on it, and use your imagination, life can become so much more. The painting could be of the sea, the sky, people,buildings, a butterfly on a flower, or anything except the blur you were once convinced it was.”

― Cecelia Ahern

          Life is all about the lens you choose to view it from. One of my favorite phrases because it rings so true and deserves to be repeated many times. Life, your life, is a blank canvas waiting for you to create a masterpiece. The potential and tools are all there at your disposal and you have but to pick up the brush and start creating.

Stop Searching

“Stop searching the world for treasure, the real treasure is in yourself.”

― Pablo

           One of the most important lessons you will learn in life is that what you may spend a lifetime searching for is inside of you. That happiness and peace you so desperately seek can only be found from within. And the sooner you recognize this, the closer you will come to obtaining the life you crave.

Memories

“I think the only answer is to live life to the fullest while you can and collect memories like fools collect money. Because in the end, that’s all you have – happy memories.”

― Sarah Strohmey

          Life is all about the little moments…the memories we make with our loved ones. It’s about the relationships we cultivate. It isn’t about the money you make or the job you have. In the end, material things will mean nothing and the love we shared with others will mean everything.

Stop Running

“Everyone is in such a hurry. People haven’t found meaning in their lives, so they’re running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. Then they find those things are empty, too, and they keep running. Once you start running, it’s hard to slow yourself down.”

― Mitch Albom

         We all have the tendency to rush through life and search externally for happiness. We’re guilty of thinking that by changing our circumstances, it’ll fill the emptiness inside of us…that it’ll fix the brokenness within you. But sadly, this is not the case, for happiness and peace comes from within. So, stop running and face the person in the mirror.

Forgiveness

“Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else; it’s something you do for yourself. To forgive is not to condone, it is to refuse to continue feeling bad about an injury.”

― Jim Beaver

         We have all been hurt by others and by life’s circumstances. But the key is knowing when to let go of these past hurts instead of carrying the bitterness and anger around like dead weight. And the answer lies in forgiveness. In order to move forward, you must forgive those who have hurt you…including yourself.

Push Yourself

“Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don’t accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness.”

― Robin S. Sharma

         Within each person is the potential for greatness…the potential to do good things. You must only believe in yourself and allow yourself to dream without limits. Free your mind and you will free your soul from the chains restraining you from reaching for the stars.

Essence of Life

“Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you’re not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you’re not demanding more from yourself – expanding and learning as you go – you’re choosing a numb existence. You’re denying yourself an extraordinary trip.”

― Dean Karnazes

            Life is the ultimate marathon. It has it joys along with its sorrows. It has its treacherous roads and its flat, straight roads. And there is no escaping the chaotic journey that is life, unless you choose to sit on the sidelines instead of being brave enough to live a life worth living. Choose to embrace the pain and beauty that is life. For to go through life numb is the coward’s way out.

Destiny

“You can’t hang around waiting for somebody else to pull your strings. Destiny’s what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you. And if it throws more than you’d like, more than you think you can handle? Well then you just have to find the heroism within yourself and play out the hand you’ve been dealt. The universe never sets a challenge that can’t be met. You just need to believe in yourself in order to find the strength to face it.”

― Darren Shan

           No one else can fight your battles for you. And in life, you will be dealt many hands that you and only you must play. Sometimes it’s a crappy hand, but you must not be defeated and must always keep pushing on. So, no matter what life may throw at you, never give in and keep fighting until you take your last breath.