Inspiration

Sometimes you have to step out of the shadows and be somebody. That time is now. Nobody can stop you but yourself. The key to your own happiness is wanting it. Stop blaming others, let go of hurt, don't be afraid of how great you can be. Make the choice and be amazing now because someday never really comes.

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These words inspired me today. There is no better time to step up and be somebody! A good mother, an amazing gardener, an artist, quilter, writer, copy editor, teacher, friend, sister/brother or driver. Make the choice and do it!

I have made the choice and everyday I do better than the one before. I choose not to let other people define who I am. I choose not to let past pain and frustrations limit my success. I choose to make tomorrow better than today. I choose to make my own choices and not just let things happen to me. I choose to be the best version of myself that I can be. It doesn't mean I am perfect or that I don't have issues. It just means that I refuse to let what others wrongfully perceive me to be determine who I really am.

I am a dynamic, intelligent, strong, determined, strong willed, funny, beautiful and fit woman with all the potential in the world.

I Don't Let It Define Me

I saw an interview with Michael J. Fox today and it was awesome. He said something that really hit me.

"I was Michael the actor, and then I was Michael the actor with Parkinson's and when I left Spin City I wondered if I would just be Michael the guy with Parkinson's." Then he was asked if that was how it was and he said, "I am a lot of things, a father, an activist, I am a lot of things. But Parkinson's doesn't define me. I don't let it define me."

How inspiring!

He lives with such a visual disease and he doesn't let it define him. So I began to wonder what I let define me. It is hard to not define yourself by bits and pieces that you sometimes don't have control over. I really had to figure out how I define myself.

I had to think about how I let things define who I perceived myself to be as opposed to how others viewed me. We are our harshest judge.

I want to be more like Michael J. Fox.

To Create

Liv shared this today on her blog and while I am not generally one to copy...this moved me so much that I had to.

I don't care what your beliefs are...this reaches into the very depths of your soul. Please, take a moment and watch this. I believe we need to hear more of this and less of the anger and jealousy that we are often surrounded by.