Today's Random Thoughts

Ever since I was a little girl, I always heard people talking about loving themselves, I never knew how to do that and they didn't teach it in school.

It's supposed to be easy right? I mean, you are you, you are always with you, you know every mistake, pain, past, thoughts, body, mind and soul. It was still impossible for me to figure out. I would constantly watch other people and how they held themselves and in turn, how it made them interact with others. I only focused on the people that were smiling, if they weren't smiling I didn't pay any attention. I wanted to know how to get there.

As I grew older, I felt I was hating parts of myself more, while others were falling deeper in love with themselves. I didn't realize until much later on that everyone has insecurities, pain, a past, mistakes, and things that are hard to love.

I also realized, each individual sees themselves differently from the rest of the world. We are so critical of ourselves, we get so caught up in what is not right about us, and forget that there are so many amazing qualities about us.

When I first started sharing my journey of starting over, rebranding, and loving who I am, I was fearful.

I have put myself out there before and people were cruel. Sometimes, it hurt so bad that I would disappear from social media, I would deactivate all my accounts and not even look at my phone for weeks.

Until I realized I was being a baby, and I just needed to own it. Everything. People are going to say what they want to say, I have no control over it. I do have control on how it effects me. Instead of pushing me into hiding, it just gets my fire burning stronger and hotter.

As I began posting more, I had a person message me about my posts. They thanked me for sharing my journey, because it inspired them to start theirs. They told me that they had become disgusted with how they looked and felt, yet were still making excuses why they couldn't better themselves. Until they saw my post, they said it inspired them because I wasn't in perfect shape, I was a real person on a real journey. I corresponded back with tears in my eyes, and thanked them for taking the time to tell me! It inspired me to be able to inspire another!

I had been so critical, and constantly hard on myself, but I had no idea I was inspiring one person to start their path to self love! We forget that we are apart of peoples' lives, even if we don't see it for ourselves.

The life that you live, the posts that you make to social media, matter, even if only one person sees it. You still had an effect on one life at that time. You have an impact on people's lives, both in person and online, choose how you want to make that impact. I encourage you to make a positive one, encourage others, share your story, thoughts, ideas, inspirations, motivations and passions! Be exactly who you are and always encourage others to do the same.

Today's Random thoughts