Today I am thankful for life, health, and strength — thankful for moments of peace, love, and happiness — thankful for tears of joy, laughter, and even sadness — thankful for my loving family — thankful for my supportive friends, those gained and those lost — thankful for my successes and even failures — thankful for 2020 — thankful for what 2021 has in store — thankful for twenty-three.
Like tradition, as I celebrate my birthday, I wanted to share with my readers a compiled list of a few most important lessons I’ve learned or were reminded of this year. Please feel free to share any advice listed below to inspire and uplift others — here we go!
Love & Relationships
Commit to love before you commit to someone else. Love is you. Learn your soul. What language does it speak? What kind of love does it need?
Choosing a partner is saying you deserve where I am, where I’ve been, what I’ve seen and where I’m trying to go. Commitment is about you.
Be the love you never received. When you love yourself, you glow from the inside. You attract people who love, respect, and appreciate your energy. Be magnetic.
Healing & Growth
Nothing goes away. Not on its own. You either deal with it or it deals with you.
When you forgive others you accept the gift of the lesson that the experience brought you; you also set yourself free from the hold that the person and the experience had over you.
Be so rooted in your being that nobody’s absence or presence can disturb your inner peace or energy.
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Friendships
Know the difference between those who stay to feed the soil and those who come to grab the fruit. Stick with those who pull the magic out of you and not the madness. Align yourself with those who support your self-growth and progress.
If you look at the people in your circle and don’t get inspired, then you don’t have a circle, you have a cage.
Some people will always prefer to see you as the illusion they’ve created in their heads, rather than who you truly are. Don’t let their delusion disrupt your reality. Evolve as you please.
Energy & Mindset
Treat your time and your energy as your finances; its equally as valuable. When you pay attention to something you are buying into an experience, it’s like an investment. So, spend it carefully and only on things that will bring you a good return.
When a photographer can’t change a scene, they either change their angles or their lens to capture the best of that scene. Similarly, when you cant change a situation in your life, change your perspective to get the best out of that situation.
Life & Career
No matter where you are in life, celebrate it. Appreciate where you are in your journey even if its not where you want to be. Every season serves a purpose. It is either a product of your growth or a place that will help you to grow. We usually hurt ourselves because we obsess about the future rather than the present. Focus on staying in the moment and being grateful for where you are today.
Don’t ever attach yourself to a person, a place, a company, an organization, or a project. Attach yourself to a mission, a calling, a purpose, a why. That’s how you keep your power and your peace.
Don’t be afraid of losing that you don’t even play. Playing the game is the only way to win. Of course there will be risks, that is the price of admission. So, run the risks! If it works out, happiness. If it doesn’t work out, wisdom.
The little things that excite you are not random. They are connected to your purpose. Follow them.
