You have a face more beautiful than Cinderella

You guys, I just feel like Brené Brown GETS me. She talks so much about the characteristics that are so important to me to nurture and cultivate. If you dive into her work she talks a lot about authenticity and also about perseverance. She gets the vast important of self-hearting and has helped me so much in identifying how and WHY I react to situations the way that I do. Check out her stuff (any of it) if you haven’t already! If you aren’t a reader, check out her TED talks or her Super Soul Oprah talk she did recently!

 

“If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope.”

― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

 

Not every goal will look and feel the same. She may have been referring to one’s own personal goals, but I think it’s important to point out that you and I may have the exact same goal: get healthy. But your 'get healthy' and MY 'get healthy' probably look and feel completely different, because we are completely different. And that is more than ok! When we start comparing our goals against someone else’s goals, we can start to rob ourselves of our hopefulness and of our perseverance. I am guilty of this and it’s something I have to work hard at to overcome. Own YOUR goals, be flexible in them, stay determined.

Make sure you are taking time out of every day on whatever part of your journey you are at, and you appreciate exactly who you are today. Do not worry about yesterday, or tomorrow. You are awesome and worthy of everything good right here and right now. Touch your stomach, touch your legs, speak to yourself like someone you love. Maybe that's really hard for you, but it's important. Sit with that uncomfortable feeling, get to the root of why you don't feel good enough today. 

XOX