Allowing yourself to be worth it. We are so caught up in being liked and accepted by other people that we forget what happiness means to us. Friends are people that may never fully understand you. Because my belief is that nobody truly does. But they except you for everything you are to them.

When life seems to get us down its hard to take the road less traveled. We find vices to quickly fix us in the moment and take the pain away. Some peoples hearts hurt so bad that they cut themselves or even contemplate suicide. How is it that death can seem better then life? What do we need to do to find a way to enjoy life? I feel that my answer is connection. Finding people in this world you can relate to and talk to. Surrendering to the fact that where you live now as you grow up is not your home forever. There is a whole world out there. A world that is waiting to be explored.

I never felt that I belonged in my small town growing up. I didn't have a lot of friends at school and I never felt that anyone understood me. But what I did have was huge aspirations and dreams. I found such passion in them that their was no other possibility of settling on anything else. To simply have faith in a future, knowing it can be whatever you want it to be. People will offer you their opinions. They can tell you no or tell you you're not good enough. But nothing matters if you have the burning desire in your heart to go far. 

When we get trapped in simple minds every event happening around you seems so real. A comment or gesture can make you feel as small as a mouse. Your mind takes control and you start to make yourself believe in every negative comment or action. We tell ourselves that we will never be good enough. Soon our World comes crashing in on us. The pain is overbearing and we'll do anything for a release. Then we participate in actions we never thought possible. Eating disorders, cutting, depression, and anger are all cries of help. 

Love and Compassion is the answer. In our own reality we can believe that we have it harder then anyone else. We believe that our heart and soul is tortured because we choose to torture it. Take the steps to train your mind. When it gets to the point of overbearing pain we don't know how to deal with, step away from yourself. Step outside of yourself and see your life through a perspective above what you know inside your head.

People can spend so much time putting people down around them to find some sort of satisfaction for themselves. When you have a dream, you have something that belongs to you and only you. The comments are easier to shed because you believe in something bigger. Don't let your mind control you. Take control of your mind. Dwelling on anything other then a beautiful moment in the now isn't worth it. 

"Be all that heaven gave you, but act as though you have received nothing."

Kimberly