How Do You Perceive Your Life & Yourself?

Today you can choose to embrace the positive, acknowledge all the good in yourself and live your best life.

I Am Enough

Great  inspirational affirmations.

What Does It Mean To Be Authentic?

Being authentic and being true to myself are the same thing in my mind. I believe that being authentic means looking to my soul and it’s purpose and letting that lead my way. When I do this I am at peace, I feel one with the world around me and I am content. Personally I can’t ask for more.

I found this wonderful video that I want to share with you. It’s a wonderful answer to a difficult question. What does it mean to be authentic. The woman speaking is Virginia Fitton. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

The Overwhelming To-do List Blues

I was on the phone talking to a friend as she was getting prepared to go out of town. Over the past couple of days I had heard her say, a few times, that she wouldn’t get everything she needed to done. I remember a time in my life when I felt that way 24/7. It had the adverse effect of keeping me up at nights as I my mind went through lists of everything that had to be accomplished the following day.

One day I realized that when I die I was still going to have unaccomplished items on my to-do list. I started to relax a bit at first and with time I am now far more relaxed, with the exception of panicking every tax season. Tells you where I’m headed at the moment!

What I have come to understand is that I am the one who gives meaning to what is important or a priority in my life. Furthermore, it is I who then puts pressure on myself to accomplish these tasks. When I apply such deep pressure as to cause mental or emotional harm to myself I am not being true to myself. Is it any wonder that I’m unhappy in those moments?

I also came to realize that as I was hurrying through the tasks that I was hurriedly trying to get done I never got the opportunity to be in the present moment and enjoy what I was doing. Living that way totally takes away from the quality of life that I deserve. The irony is that the entire time it was in my power to turn around, I just didn’t realize it.

I changed my thinking in order to change my life. We create the illusion that something is so important that we can actually cause most of our own stress and lack of enjoyment. In the end we can only ask ourselves if is it worth it. I know my answer; do you know yours?

8 Commitments To Be True To Yourself

It’s been two weeks since I posted. This is because I was being true to myself and moving forward with the new website. I’m glad to say it’s finally done, if you can ever really say that about a website when it’s always a work in progress. Then again doesn’t the term “a work in progress” describe life in general?

One of the things I wrote for the website is the 8 commitments – these are important ways to be true to oneself; they are in fact gifts you give to yourself. When I follow these, which isn’t always easy in every moment, I find I am living the most authentic life possible for myself. I feel in state of heightened clarity, my mood is light and jovial and I have a great sense of being proud of myself. All in all it makes me feel good. I know living life joyfully is my goal, what about you?

These commitments aren’t work and I hope you don’t see them as that. They ARE a means to be free from some of social pressures we put on ourselves. For example, when you commit to being yourself around others you are standing up with pride and saying, “this is who I am and I’m worth looking at”. I mean how great is that? It means that you like yourself and aren’t afraid to speak your truth. You have faith that even if other people disagree with your views that they still see your worth and they value you. You don’t have to people please or say yes when you mean no. That’s freedom and self-respect.

When we give ourselves permission to be authentic with other people we are in essence giving them permission to do the same thing with us. They learn by example and as they say, “the truth shall set you free”. Give the gifts that keep on giving; commit to yourself. It’s a whole new adventure in living.