Love Yourself First and Foremost
July 5, 2012 § Leave a comment
Tiphani N. Montgomery posted the following 31 Ways to Live Life on Your Own Terms on Huntington Post on July3rd. She selected 31 as July 4th was her 31st birthday. Although I’m 33 and do not believe in God, these simple ways of life are crucial for emotional well being.
The “Live Life on Your Own Terms” Manifesto:
1. First rule of business: Stay out of everyone else’s and be about yours!
2. Keep your circle small and honest. Everyone is not for you.
3. Stay away from people with questionable character.
4. Closed doors are really a blessing. If you can’t pray a door open, don’t try to pry a door open.
5. “Don’t do shit you don’t believe in.” – Russell Simmons
6. “Not sure what to do next? Ask how can you help!” – Chris Guillebeau
7. Wear your invisible crown. Daily.
8. Pick your battles.
9. “No one on earth can do what you do, in precisely the way that you do it!” – Alexandra Franzen
10. If you want to know where you’ll be five years from now, listen to your words. You’re prophesying your future.
11. “If you’re not willing to go all the way, don’t start the journey at all!” – Charlemagne
12. If you’re feeling guilty, embarrassed or ashamed about the blessings of God, let that go. You were created to show off His goodness.
13. “Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest to you.” – Mother Teresa
14. Work for a cause, not for applause.
15. Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you aren’t, in fact, surrounded by a-holes!
16. You are more important than you realize.
17. Be the type of person you want to meet.
18. “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift!” – Steve Prefontaine
19. Be so good that they can’t ignore you!
20. Don’t ever be too prideful to ask for help. Asking for help when you need it is one of the wisest things you can do.
21. Commit to not giving a f*ck what people think. Daily.
22. “Excessive fear and self-doubt are the greatest detractors of personal genius.” – Robert Kiyosaki
23. “When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt!” – Henry J. Kaiser
24. “You can either throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off your face!” – Gatorade
25. “Don’t change so someone will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you!” – DailyLove.com
26. Examine what you tolerate!
27. “Raise your words, not your voice. It’s rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” – Rumi
28. Stop waiting on God to drop a blessing in your lap. Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work!
29. I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something about that. Then I realized: I am the “somebody!”
30. Repeat after me: “I can do this!!!”
31. Never, never, never, never, never, never give up. Never!
Hello world!
July 3, 2012 § Leave a comment
It’s been a while since I’ve taken the time to reflect and write. I need to regroup and refocus on me. There’s a writing assignment due at work in a couple of weeks that I’m hesitant in beginning. A co-worker said, “This will be easy for you- you’re a writer. Once you begin, it will flow.” She is right. I need an outlet. This is my outlet.
I decied to keep the default post headline ‘Hello world!’ as it’s true. This is me, unveiled.
I can’t stand it to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it.
| — | Ernest Hemingway |
Unveiled 