Tag: Do You

Be Bold

“You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.”

― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

         Live life on your own terms. Don’t let society or other people dictate the course of your life. Be bold, take chances, don’t apologize, dance to the beat of your own song, be fierce, and be free. You get but one life, so choose to live it.

Be Your Own Narrator

“There is no list of rules. There is one rule. The rule is: there are no rules. Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be. Being traditional is not traditional anymore. It’s funny that we still think of it that way. Normalize your lives, people. You don’t want a baby? Don’t have one. I don’t want to get married? I won’t. You want to live alone? Enjoy it. You want to love someone? Love someone. Don’t apologize. Don’t explain. Don’t ever feel less than. When you feel the need to apologize or explain who you are, it means the voice in your head is telling you the wrong story. Wipe the slate clean. And rewrite it. No fairy tales. Be your own narrator. And go for a happy ending. One foot in front of the other. You will make it.”

― Shonda Rhimes

         At the end of the day, if there is one lesson you carry with you throughout life, it is this: Be Your Own Person. Don’t live your life trying to meet other people’s expectations for you. Dare to live your truth and never apologize or feel the need to explain yourself to anyone.

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.

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.

Be Authentic

“What it means to be authentic:
– to be more concerned with truth than opinions
– to be sincere and not pretend
– to be free from hypocrisy: “walk your talk”
– to know who you are and to be that person
– to not fear others seeing your vulnerabilities
– being confident to walk away from situations where you can’t be yourself
– being awake to your own feelings
– being free from others’ opinions of you
– accepting and loving yourself”

― Sue Fitzmaurice

        Strive to always be your authentic self. Be confident in who you are regardless of what others may say. Be willing to stand up for what you believe and never waver from your convictions. Simply put, live your truth and the rest will fall in place.

Believe in Yourself

“No matter how many people believe or don’t believe in you, you must be the ultimate believer in yourself!”

― Pablo

          It’s great to have support throughout life, but don’t be dependent on it. Learn to be your own biggest cheerleader, because there will be times when you must walk alone. At these times, you must find the courage and strength within yourself to continue along your path no matter how rough the terrain.

Commit Yourself

“I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life’s greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.”

― Anthony Robbins

          Commitment is key to a meaningful life. No matter what your goals are, commit fully without any reservation. For the road to achieving anything good in this life requires hard work, patience and persistence.

Don’t Hold Back

“Stop trying to be less of who you are. Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back.”

― Jennifer Elisabeth

          Don’t hold back. Embrace all that you are and let your own unique light shine as bright as the most luminous star. This means you must let go of whatever chains are restraining you from breaking free, whether that be your past, toxic relationships, a job, whatever. You get but one chance at life, so put the pedal to the medal and go full throttle.

Ride the Waves

“There are two kinds of people,’ she’d said. ‘Those who coast through life like ducks in a row, following one after the other, and those who ride the waves.’” Tears spilled down my cheeks, and my voice cracked. “‘Ride the waves, baby, and live. Live.”

― Gena Showalter

         Life isn’t about playing it safe. It’s not about doing what is expected of you or of conforming to what society dictates. It’s about figuring out what your path is and following it. It’s about learning what your truth is and living it.

Just Do You

“You can’t control what others think. The only thing you can control is yourself. Some people will look down on you for your choices in life, no matter what they are. You can’t do anything about that. The only thing you can do is decide how to live your own life. And to hell with everybody else”

― Marie Sexton

       Just do you. Stop living your life trying to please everyone else and start living your life for you. There will always be naysayers around, but you must learn to tune out every voice except yours. For at the end of the day, this is your life. So take the wheel and drive like a bat out of hell.