Everybody hurts. Everybody hurts you. It is very rare for someone to take their time of the day just to appreciate the little things you do. Comes a moment when you'll feel like the world is against you. Ever so often you let one tiny spark of problem cloud your shiny day. There'll be days like that and you'll have no choice but to face it. So when that day comes and you feel like you cannot breathe, remember this. Stop. Literally, stop walking, stop running or rushing to the deadline that you've already missed. Just stop. Compose yourself. Take a deep breath. Look up at the sky. Look at the clouds and let your creative mind wanders and wonders on the shape engraved in the sky. Stop thinking for a moment and be grateful. Be grateful to God for letting you be here. Just be grateful even when you feel like you have loss everything. Just be.
Forgive the people who have hurt you. Expect less. Do things your own because no one can do it better than you and you know it. No one will have the time to appreciate your little efforts so appreciate yourself. Be kind to yourself. Be gentle. Give yourself some credit. Pat yourself on the back when you've accomplished something. Heck, pat yourself on the back just for getting through the day. You out of all people should know how hard it is to get up and face the crowd you no longer want to see. So do it. Pat yourself on the back and appreciate who you are. Everything lies in you.
No one can be kinder than you are to yourself and no one can be harsher than you are to yourself. Choose to be kind anyways. Kind to yourself and kind to other people. Love yourself even when you feel you don't deserve to be loved--especially when you feel like you don't deserve to be loved. Choose you above everybody else. Be you.
"Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string"--Ralph Waldo Emersen
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