Posted in Keep Moving: Motivation and Inspiration

To the Girl Who Hates Her Body 

You are amazing. Your body is your own so love it with all of you. All the curves or lack of, all the beauty marks, all the blemishes, scars, and pimples. All the dimples and hairs. Your complextion, your radiant complextion is all you!

Love it all. You are the most beautiful you will ever be because you can’t escape all that is you. There is only one you so appreciate and value the individuality you’ve been gifted with.
No one can be who you are so bless the world with your individule, courageous, brave and majestic beauty.
Your beauty is your own so never compare your beauty to anyone elses. Their beauty is theirs and yours is yours.

Wear your beauty like a crown of glory, like a gold metal because you win every day. Everyday you wake up to see beauty that is only yours.

Don’t let anyone in any circumstance, situation, or moment confuse you into thinking that beauty has a standard and looks like one thing. A flowers beauty is not a butterflys beauty or a mountains beauty. Your beauty is only yours and you are the only one who has the authority to say anything about it.

You are untouchable and powerful. Don’t let your eyes and mind deceive you. You are the only one with your type of beauty so wear it because theres only one of it, one of you.

Beauty is all that makes up you. Your recipe. Everything put together to make you the masterpiece. Everything thats you is intentional.

Beauty has no standard, no limit, no face, or definition. You don’t need supplies to be beautiful.

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Posted in Keep Moving: Motivation and Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Talk

Make This a Daily Playlist 

6 Things to Remind Yourself

If you only knew the power and strength it takes to continue doing when you want to give up, you will be very proud of yourself. 

Continue being amazing and conquering everyday.

Even when you don’t want to, remember that you accomplish something everyday.  The smallest things, the kindest gestures (even if its toward yourself) make you wonderful.

Keep going…

Posted in Making Sense Analysis, Self-Talk, What Just Happened: Personal Anecdotes

Making Sense: Toxic Phrases

Joel Osteen Quote 

There are just some things that have happened or that have been said to me that live with me everyday and haunt me at the latest hours of the night

“You are the weakest link”

“I’m disappointed in you”

“I love her more than you”

“I don’t want to put in any effort for you”

“Nah, she ugly”

“You weren’t competative enough”

“Theres nothing I can do to help you”

“You’re a dub”

“I think you should change your profile picture because you are confusing people”

“You are affecting your family”

“Stop being discouraged”

“Get over it”

“People are watching you”

“That’s a sin”

“..but in the Bible it says”

“….going to hell”

“Don’t you want to go to heaven?”

“What happened? You can do better” 

“You can’t do that”

“You’re not supposed to hang out with those type of people”

“I don’t care what you think”

“Oh, I didn’t invite you because…”

“You think too much…”

“Stop saying you’re depressed…”

“God is watching you…”

“Relax its not that serious”

While some of these phrases may seem harmless and others in need of more context, they have been a guide to how I think about myself, how I view situations and circumstances, and how I approach new opportunities.  These phrases have been a hindrance to my mental growth and well being. 

In order to take away from things that have been said that may have scarred and affected how you think, you have to use them as fuel.  Let them scab up and fall off of how you perceive who you are. Use them as excess motivation.

Let what is said to you build you up even if it hurt you.  Let it build your confidence, bravery, power and self-image.  Turn every phrase into a positive, a tactic that can’t halt your progress.

Everyone has those phrases of people who drilled a perception in their head,  use them.  Make them amo.  Make them “I heard that before” phrases that don’t bother you. Move above and beyond.  Move forward.  

Posted in Keep Moving: Motivation and Inspiration

To Whoever Reads This…1/6/2016

Things take time.  I learned that today.  No matter the circumstance, the situation, your ability, inability, your doubts, self-esteem, everything has its own process to go through no matter how you feel or see things happening for you.  Don’t let your self-doubt, negative self-talk, or things out of your control make your vision for yourself misty.  You are something that is going to take time, persistence, and energy.  Make yourself a priority!

So with that in mind consider this: everyone has goals for themselves (I’m going to eat better, exercise, brush my teeth twice a day, smile more often, overcome my anxiety/Depression/obsession/addiction) and I know your goal is great because its designed by you.  As you wake up in the morning know that that goal you made for yourself is implanted and ingrained in your purpose for this year.  Remember to keep at it.  Don’t forget it and don’t let days, weeks, months pass before acknowledging that goal.  Make bettering yourself a daily habit.  Don’t let daily routine distract you from putting yourself first.  Remember there is no equation without a functioning you.  Work can’t get done productively without you nor can communication with loved ones or school assignments or whatever is important to creating a great life for yourself.  So remember, you are important!! don’t forget that.

Mental Note: Take care of myself this year.  Make my happiness a priority.  Stay focused on sustaining a better me!

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Heart of a fighter quote
Posted in Keep Moving: Motivation and Inspiration, Love, Potential and Worth, Power, Quotes

31 Women Stated Why They are Beautiful and Why They Love Themselves

Sparkly War Tanks in Blue in the middle of a poster board with 31 quotes around the white poster stating why women feel they are beautiful in small letters followed by the phrases "I am beautiful because" and "I love myself because"
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  1. I love myself because I’m resilient and powerful.
  2. I am beautiful because I am not afraid to fail.
  3. I’m beautiful because I’m not afraid to take strategic risks.
  4. I love me because I’m smart.
  5. I love myself because I can see the optimism in everything.
  6. I am beautiful because I am not ashamed of my natural hair. I wear my hair as my crown.  I am a queen!
  7. I am beautiful because I am strong.
  8. I am beautiful because my whip game is fire!!!
  9. I am beautiful because of my personality.
  10. I love myself because I make my own happiness.
  11. I love me because God made me.
  12. I love me because I’m flawless.
  13. I love me because I am determined to achieve my highest goals.
  14. I am beautiful because I am loved by God.
  15. I am beautiful because there is no one else like me.
  16. I AM beautiful because I BELIEVE I am.
  17. I work my butt off for everything I love!
  18. I love me because it took a long time and a lot of effort for me to get to a place where I understood that I am exactly who I’m supposed to be for the purpose that is in me.
  19. I am beautiful because of my kind heart.
  20. I am beautiful because God made me this way.
  21. I am beautiful because I am happy.
  22. I am beautiful because He made me unique and gave me ministries to help me set the bond free.
  23. I am beautiful because I won’t let me age- 50+ gasp!- dictate what I can do or how I can behave or what I can be interested in.
  24. I am beautiful because beauty is subjective do why not.
  25. I love my face, my hair, my personality, my vibe, my swag, my me. I mean why  wouldn’t I love me! I’m me!
  26. I love me because God is transforming me into a woman of importance, passion, and value.
  27. I am beautiful because I am a mom.
  28. I am beautiful because I love my flaws.
  29. I am beautiful because I know my worth.
  30. I am beautiful because life is too short to think otherwise!
  31. I love myself because there’s only one me, just like there’s one you. We are all unique.