Be True To Yourself
I can’t speak for everyone, but I find as I get older I get more cynical and usually with good reason. I found that I spent the majority of my life trying to please others and the harder I tried, the less people were pleased, the more they wanted the more critical they were of me. I am starting to find out that in the end, you need to please yourself, give yourself some slack and take care of YOU because usually, you are the only one that will. At some point we have to let go of the guilt, tell ourselves we deserve to be happy and do things that make us happy and finally allow ourselves to be happy.
We need to stop seeking approval or permission to enjoy ourselves and have fun and to stop giving ourselves the short end of the stick. You are a valuable person, you are just important as everyone else, you deserve to enjoy this short life you have. Do something every day just for YOU. Whether it is a quiet corner to read for an hour, donning the gardening gloves and enjoying the garden or taking a hot bubble bath. Every one of us deserves at least a few moments per day to reflect on their lives, reflect on the future and be happy with the person we are. So what are you going to do today JUST for you? For me, I ate dinner alone on the patio in the fresh air. No noise, no interruptions, just a relaxing 20 minutes that made me feel refreshed.
