Do what makes you happy.

"You don't need a reason 

for doing everything in your life.

Do it because you want to.

Because it's fun. 

Because it makes you really happy."

Don't Give up...

At some point in the various journeys we embark on in our lives, we get to a part where we feel like giving up. Sometimes we give up before we even start and other times we give up just before we are about to make that huge break-through that we have been putting so much effort in to achieve.

Failure is always sad
Sometimes it will break your heart..
Makes you want to give up..
But..

We should never give up, Keep going.

Reasons to never give up:

As long as you are Alive, Anything is Possible

The only valid excuse you have to give up is if you are dead, As long as you are alive ( and healthy and free) you have the choice to keep trying until you finally succeed.

Be Realistic

The chance of mastering something the first time you do it is almost non- existent. Everything takes time to learn and you will make mistakes. Learn from them.

You are Strong

You are stronger than you think. One little setback is not enough to stop you from achieving your goals. Neither are 10 or 100 of 1000 setbacks.

Has it been done before?

If someone else can do it then so can you. Even if it is only one other person in the world that has achieved what you have set to achieve, that should be reason enough for you to never give up.

Your Family and Friends

Let the people you love and who mean the world to you be your inspiration to persist and persevere. Maybe you need to try different angle, study more or practice more but don't give up!

You deserve to be Happy

Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise. You deserve to be happy and you deserve to have success. Keep that mindset and never give up until you reach your destination.

Inspire others

Be an inspiration to others by refusing to give up. Who knows what someone else can achieve because you never gave up and in turn inspired them not to give up.

You are so Close.

Often when you feel like you want to give up and you are about to give up you are so close to making huge break through. Just a heartbeat away from success.

P.S. NEVER GIVE UP!

We can do this!!

xoxo

Let it go...

I have a love-hate relationship with autumn.

While I enjoy the gorgeous colors and the pumpkins and the leaves crunching under my feet and no longer stressing so much about a swimsuit-ready body, I’m always so sad to see my favorite season of summer go.

Everyone is all like, “Pumpkin Spice Lattes!” And I’m like, “Yeah, those are yummy, but…”

As an aside, has Starbucks changed their flavored coffee drinks this season or is it just me? A couple of weeks ago, I went to Starbucks and, with giddy anticipation, ordered my first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season, even though I enjoyed it a lot, Especially thinking how expensive it is just for a coffee. I can't help but think about how fake is the flavors in it. I'll probably won't get from Starbucks again but It's okay to enjoy it at least once. I know there's tons of Pumpkin flavors at all grocery stores anyway!

Anyway, moving on…

I adore summer. As I’ve said before, I’m a summer girl. Flipflops, the beach, hot days and humid nights… these are a few of my favorite things!

And, every year, when autumn rolls around, I find myself feeling a little sad. Summer, the fun season, is passed. The days get shorter and shorter as fall brings us ever closer to the end of another year, and then, before we know it, the year is finished. Time and seasons march ever onward, and nothing can stay the same.

And, as the leaves fall off the trees, it feels like I’m losing something too. Something that I didn’t know I needed to hold on to until I had to let it go.

There’s a tree-lined street on the way to our home, and, in the autumn, the yellow and orange leaves will dance and float all around as you drive down the street. It’s gorgeous and enchanting and rather fairy-like. But, sometimes, as we drive down the road amid the falling leaves, I feel like saying to their trees, “No, no, no! Wait! You can’t let them fall yet. You need to hang on a little longer. You’re not ready to let go!”

I have a hard time with change. I have a hard time with letting go.

However, like the trees, sometimes, we have to stop hanging on to other stuff as well and just let go. And there’s beauty in this too.

To just let go…

Past hurts, past mistakes, the wouldas, the couldas, and the shouldas, the regrets and, yes, too even some of the good things… we have to let go.

We have to let go to keep living. We have to let go and embrace the change. We have to let go of the past to live fully in the present.

To just finally let it all go and watch it flutter and dance and fall in one last lovely burst of gorgeous color… and even allow ourselves to fully recognize the beauty and the glory of letting go.

Maybe after we let go, we do then stand dormant for a while, waiting and still and silent as winter, because that has to be a part of it too… the waiting, the stillness… But, while we’re waiting, we know, we trust, that spring will come rushing back one day with new blooms and new promises and new mercies and new life.

Letting go, stillness, newness… the glorious circle of life and of our seasons.

And we serve a God who is so wonderful and so amazing that even the trees of the field praise Him in every season. We serve a God who tells the trees when it’s time for them to let go.

And there’s always beauty in letting go.