APPRECIATE LIFE!

 Love Yourself, Avoid Toxicity!

    

    The world today is full of nothing, but negative and toxic people. At least that what you believe when you invest too much time into the news, or social media. I know that before I began this journey for self love that my mindset was the same way. When you love yourself fully you start to see the world through eyes filled with love and not corrupted by fear. You are no longer afraid of what other people think, or considered with societies opinion of you because you know in your heart that everything you do is out of love. Through the power of self love and commitment you are able to escape the malignant point of that the world today try's to cast over you. When I first committed to loving myself I struggled to get past the thought process that life was happening against me that I was always the victim of yet another one of life's doing. Once you lose this "victim" mindset and realize that you have control over your own story then you can officially stop taking life for granted. It is a commonly known fact that you cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can control your reactions to those situations that life puts you in. After you gain control of your life again you will finally be able to change your point of view on life. You will go from seeing the world as negative and nasty, to seeing the world as beautiful and uplifting. This outlook on life will make you appreciate the little things.

Appreciate The Little Things.

  

    I challenge you to try and look at life differently, just as my poem in my last blog says our time is sure to pass and when it does are you going to be happy with how you lived your life? Before you try to appreciate anything in life you first must understand that death is inevitable. There will come a point where everyone will die and we will be remembered by those close to us for the good we brought into their life. This is why it is incredibly important that while we are on earth we are spreading love and not drowning people with fear. Take a minute, and write down everything you want to accomplish before you die then do something on that list because you never know when your time will come. It's time that you stop putting off making changes. "Until Tomorrow" is what we tell ourselves, but we're playing a dangerous game, tomorrow is never promised, but death is guaranteed. We need to use this time that we have on this earth wisely, and take time out of your day and show life our appreciation for another opportunity to achieve our goals. I show my appreciation of life by sitting outside, listening to the bird sing, feeling the breeze hit my skin while the warmth of the sun radiates through me. I meditate outside taking deep inhales of the air that I am blessed to be able to breathe and exhaling all the negative feelings I have built up. I show my appreciation by loving everyone, no matter if they have hurt me. If you read my previous blogs you know how much forgiveness means to me. I focus my time on love and not fear, I focus my days on being positive about any situation that rise. I suggest that you find something that you love about the world and indulge in it, if you love cooking, cook something you never have before, or if you love flowers go smell one, memorize the scent and write down how that made you feel. The more appreciation we show towards life the happier we will become because of our ability to manifest dreams.

Rest In Paradise Papa.

    Talking about the appreciation of life and the understanding of death speaks volumes to me. I recently just lost my grandpa to COVID and other conditions. The loss of my grandfather hit me hard, but my understanding that death is inevitable helped me cope with what would be considered a tragedy to most. The way I looked at the situation is by choosing to celebrate his life and what he meant to my family, instead of grieving over his death. I was able to choose this by knowing that life doesn't work against me and that I am not a victim i have control over my reactions. The point that I am trying to make is that it doesn't matter what life throws at you as long as you love yourself enough to get an understanding of the topics I wrote on above. I know my grandpa is no longer in pain and that he is finally at peace. I want to end this paragraph by speaking directly to my grandpa. "I love you grandpa, and I'm sorry that I couldn't be there to say my goodbyes, but I feel you with me when I wake up. I know that bald eagle I visioned flying and perched on top of the building looking down was you watching me and keeping me safe while I am deployed. Thank you for always loving me and my children, Thank you for your generosity, and most importantly thank you for being you. I'll love you always. I'll see you later."

Next Blog Wednesday February 9th 

    As always, thank you all for reading my blog and I would greatly appreciate hearing your thoughts on how I can improve, or if you want to just leave an encourage word please do so. I would love to hear one thing that you are grateful for though! This topic has been weighing on my heart and mind for awhile now, but one thing I'm that I am extremely grateful for is the unconditional love that I have been lucky enough to receive from my significant other for going on 5 years now. Please tune in on Wednesday for another blog to help you be your best self by putting love for yourself first. Until next time 😁