Don't be afraid to do these .....

A write up from Marc and Angel, that sounded nicely articulated. We come across so many of these nice sounding write ups, that most times we don't read.......like don't really really read ...but when you do, when you absorb, when you process, when you can be that, bit by little bit......is when you'll see how much of a difference they make.

And I believe, repetition does not spoil the prayer........so here's excerpts

There’s nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of human, heartfelt feelings. 

Sadly though, many people let the fear of judgment numb and silence them. Their deepest thoughts and feelings often go unspoken, and thus barely understood.

Don’t be afraid to accept and appreciate life’s changes.

You’re not the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or a week ago. 

Sometimes the changes we don’t want are the changes we need to grow. Let this sink in. Growth and change may be painful sometimes, but nothing in life is as painful as staying stuck.

You may think holding on makes you strong, but oftentimes it’s letting go and starting anew that truly builds your inner strength.

Don’t be afraid to live your truth.

Accept your flaws. Admit your mistakes. Don’t hide and don’t lie.

Deal with the truth—your truth—every step of the way. Your truth won’t penalize you. Your mistakes won’t hurt you. Only your denial and cover-up will. 

Flawed and vulnerable people are powerful and strong. Liars and phonies are not. Every beautiful human being is made of flaws, stitched together with good intentions and finished with trials and errors. And remember that life’s best gifts may not always be wrapped the way you expect. 

Don’t be afraid to give yourself enough mental and emotional space.

Your biggest limitations are the ones you make up in your mind. The biggest causes of your unhappiness are the false beliefs you refuse to let go of.

You are capable of far more than you are often thinking, imagining, doing or being. But in time you will gradually become what you habitually contemplate, so clear your mind and let your hopes, not your fears, shape your future.

Don’t be afraid to make more time for the right relationships.

Never settle for being someone’s option when you have the potential to be someone’s priority. Choose yourself rather than settle for those who treat you as ordinary. 

Don’t be afraid to learn something new.

Life is a book and those who do not educate themselves read only a few pages.

As Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” 

When you know better, you live better. Period.

Don’t be afraid to live out some of your dreams.

There are thousands of people who live their entire lives on the default settings, never realizing they can customize everything. Don’t settle for the default settings in life.

In a world with so much noise and clutter, you must make room for what matters. 

Seriously, too many people dream only at night in the quiet of their own minds, and then awake to find it was all an illusion. Don’t be one of them. Dream by day, too. Be one of the people who dream with their eyes wide open, and who works to make some of them come true.

Don’t ignore death (or any form of pain), but don’t be afraid of it either. Be afraid of a life you never lived because you were too afraid to take action on what matters most.

Truth be told, death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside you while you’re still alive and breathing.

Be bold. Be courageous. Be scared to death, and then take the next step anyway.