{words} fail better.

"Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

~Samuel Beckett

Give it a try, it's okay if you fail.

Give it another try...and if you fail again, make it fabulous.

The point is: KEEP TRYING.

{words} love something.

"Perhaps loving something is the only starting place there is for making your life your own."

~Alice Koller

What do you love?

If you were given time to do absolutely anything you want, money being no matter, what would you do?

For me it would be travel. I absolutely LOVE seeing new places and exploring this world we've been given.

But, sadly, money is usually a matter. 

So my heart is content to sit quietly in a comfy chair with a hot cup of vanilla chai latte, or even a simple cup of coffee, and a good book.

I also enjoy painting. I'm not super great at it, I'm really just a beginner, but I enjoy it just the same.

I decorate our home. Sometimes I go out and buy things to add...most of the time, I just rearrange what I've got.

Sometimes, I just cuddle up with the dogs and take a nap.

I am a calm person and I thrive on quiet activities.

It's in these moments that I am allowing myself to be ...well, me.

We all have to work. That's just the way it is. If you aren't one of those lucky people that works by doing whatever it  is that they love... then you must fill your all alone, quiet (or maybe not so quiet) times with things that you truly love. 

If you don't, then you will be cheating yourself out of a life that is truly yours. Not your boss's, not your spouse's, not your children's...but yours.

find what makes you, you. make time for it, and embrace it.

{words} dreaming is planning.

"Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. 

Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning."

~Gloria Steinem

I often catch myself living in the middle of a past daydream. 

It may not be exactly right...but it's always close enough!

all you gotta do is believe in your dreams...day or night.

{words} passionate attention.

"In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us."

~Virginia Woolf

I do this all. the. time.

When I'm laying in bed at night and can't sleep, I replay events of the day.

Usually I think of the better ways that they could have played out. 

Let's make an effort to have them play out the best way on the first try.

Always give your memories the passionate attention that they deserve. 

It happened because it was a lesson to be learned or a treasure to be kept safe in your heart.

{words} let it go.

"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."

~Buddha

Someone did you wrong. I'm talking very, very wrong.

Your heart got shattered. You've managed to piece it back together...

or maybe you haven't.

You hate them. The very mention of their name causes your blood to run cold.

As silly as this sounds (and trust me, I'VE BEEN THERE.),

You have got to throw those hateful, resentful thoughts away.

It might seem impossible, and it's definitely not easy, but throw them away.

You will find peace.

It might take months or even years, but you will find it.

Don't miss out on the good stuff because you're hung up on the bad stuff.

{words} growing up.

"I am still in the process of growing up, but I will make no progress if I lose any of myself along the way."

~Madeleine L'Engle

Don't let someone else tell you who or what you are supposed to be.

You know in your soul where to go and what to do.

You might not know it yet, but all you have to do is listen to those little whispers of your heart. 

Listen and pray and never give in to someone else's plan for YOU.

You will grow and you will be beautiful.

{words} magic.

"We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power

 we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better."

~J.K. Rowling

Go ahead, do it.

Jump into that idea that's been keeping you awake at night.

Let yourself believe the possibilities.

Don't back down.

{words} do without.

"To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power."

~George Macdonald

Let's simplify.

We have a bad habit of gimme, gimme, gimme. 

Let's see that although we may want it, we don't really need it...and it's okay to stop buying stuff.

Let's find new uses for older things and know that we really do have enough.

Obviously, if something breaks or just needs to be replaced, that's okay too.

{words} free yourself.

"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. 

If, in our heart, we still cling to anything- anger, anxiety, or possessions- we cannot be free."

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Let it go. 

Be free.

You will feel so much better...and lighter...and happier. 

I promise.