be that person...

You know that person that lights up every room? 

the person that gives without hesitation, 

the one who loves loudly and hopes loudly and believes in a better tomorrow?

You know that person who is just light and love and forgiveness? 

The one whose eyes radiate gentle understanding and whose presence assures you it will be okay? 

You know the person who will be there no matter what. No matter when. No matter how. That person that you can call at any time of the day and they’ll be there? 

You know that person that uses positivity as her shield, 

the one that gives love to everyone & everything;

to her friends, to her peers, & to complete strangers,

to her ideas, her dreams, & her aspirations....

The one that chooses love and light and hope no matter what? 

Be like that person.

P L E A S E 

I beg you to practice being like that person.

YOU have it in you. You are magical but only you can channel the magic from within.

You tell yourself, “that’s just not who i am” but that’s not true…

Not really. 

Sure, you’ve gone through things that have made you who you are.

And yes, perhaps, what you’ve endured has made it hard for you to just “be like that person”

But hatred is weakness and you’re not weak. 

You tell yourself, i wish i could be like that person; so happy, so loving, so forgiving, so kind BUT i can’t….

You affirm that you can’t by telling yourself that enduring this hardship made you bitter and enduring that hardship stole your trust….

But don’t you see that YOU are in control now.

YOU decide when and if you will take your power back.

Even if a person, a place, an event took everything from you and right now you feel like you have absolutely nothing…. Do you realize that at any given moment you can take everything back. 

STOP SELLING YOURSELF SHORT. 

How dare you give someone or something that much power over your life? ….over your happiness? 

How dare you let their bitterness steal your sweetness.

How dare you let them make you cold.

You are not cold. 

You are warm like fire. 

You are fire. & you’re still burning fiercely after all that you’ve been through.

Don't you see the immense power you have?

Don’t you see just how strong you are? Strength lies within and true strength requires remaining soft even after life has tried relentlessly to make you hard. 

You are so strong; 

And now, you know you can survive,

So what’s stopping you now?

Hatred ? Bitterness? Resent? Envy? Shame? Pity?

Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Stop telling yourself that you’ll never be happy. Stop calling yourself dumb and stupid. Stop wishing you could go back in time. Stop pretending like you’re powerless. 

STOP IT RIGHT NOW. 

DO not let your worst enemy live between your ears. 

YOU are strong and important and smart and kind and loving and YOU still have so much more to offer this world. 

HAPPINESS IS A CHOICE.

YOU decide how you respond to every single situation in life and it is precisely how you respond that will determine how happy or unhappy you’ll be. 

When enduring hardships you can say “why me” or you can say "try me” and the response you choose to have will have a colossal impact on what happens next.

You see, by hating and choosing not to forgive or let go, you only imprison yourself. 

You attach yourself to small mindedness and negativity and in doing so, you prevent yourself from flying… from being able to be set free..

When you choose love and forgiveness and hope and light, you set yourself free. 

You give yourself the ability to fly. 

In the simplest sense,

it all begins and ends in your mind. 

What you give power to has power over you and what we often neglect to realize is this; 

you can't win in life if you're losing in your mind.

Hatred is heavy, put it down. 

Bitterness doesn't go with your beautiful smile, take it off.

Resentment, anger, guilt, and shame don’t belong to a heart as big as yours, don’t allow them to reside within you and contaminate your pure soul. 

Choose happiness. Choose Love. Choose forgiveness. 

And please, 

Be like that person.  

- Yours Trulee <3