Disciplined

Happy Saturday,

How are you all doing today? I woke up to some rain. As I was walking the pups in the rain I couldn’t help but think about how I can hardly wait for fall. I’m ready to bake and have my home smell like cinnamon and apples with a hint of pumpkin splashed around. I love the summer, but I’m ready for fall. Today John, Grant and I are heading out to hang with John’s family and celebrate August birthdays. What are you all up to? Have anything fun and exciting planned? Keep those text and comments coming. I love hearing from everyone.

I got a text from one of my best friends this morning and she told me she bought me a couple books and I should be getting them Tuesday. I am super excited. They are by Louise Hay. She is an American motivational author, and I watch some of the shows she’s been on with Gaia. I love the way she puts things and speaks in a positive way. Her energy is awesome. So I am grateful to my friend for this amazing and wonderful gift.

This morning when I was going through my positive affirmations,I came across one that I thought I’d share with you. “Discipline. Discipline is one of the highest forms of self love. It is quite literally telling yourself that you will delay instant gratification and comfort for better things to come in the future. A lot of people see self love as spa baths and fancy coffee, but the true self love is how you manage yourself in the face of adversity. How you talk to yourself and what you are willing to do to create the version of yourself that you can admire the most. True self love is hard. It is the hardet yet most rewarding thing you can ever do. It is something that is earned day in and day out.”-awokenshit.com. This made me stop and think. I think so much of the time we get caught up in the quick gratification, rather than looking at the big picture. Makes me think that this might just be the reason so many of us have credit card debt, because we are looking for that quick self gratification.

For me, this quote takes me back to my friend who told me that at the end of the day, you better like the person looking back at you in the mirror, because if you don’t it’s not that great of a day. His point was, your life is a gift and it’s sad if you aren’t doing what makes you happy. It’s sad if you find too much negative in life rather than being appreciative of what you have. Life isn’t always greener on the other side of the yard.

I know for me, one thing that John is always telling me I need to work on is my self worth and self esteem. I don’t know what he see in me. I try to be all the things he says I am, but I don’t feel like I’ve hit the mark yet. I see more of my flaws than I do my good qualities. So, with the above quote, it made me think about how I talk to myself and am I willing to create the best version of myself. The answer is yes. One thing I need to do in order to be successful at that is, I need to be a little kinder to myself. It’s funny, one thing I say a little too often to John is, “when you dump me.” He always replies now with, “you must think I’m stupid.” When I’m so hard on myself, it’s an insult to him. Afterall, how could someone as amazing, kind, loving and forgiving as him choose the dark person I see when I look at myself in the mirror? I need to watch myself more and not critize me so much because when I do that, I’m just now seeing, that is a slap to him.

It’s going to take a lot of discipline to correct my negative thinking about myself. My goal all along has been to be the best me and stay on the path that I was meant to take in this life. I agree, true self love is the hardest thing to do and I can’t wait to see it’s rewards. I have so much to work on, but the one thing that is most certain, the positive affirmations I read every morning sure do help. It’s so much better seeing the good in things rather than the bad or negative.

I love how it’s been said, when you stumble and fall, it’s simply God’s way of redirecting your path. “Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”-Louise Hay.

I’m up for the challenge of approving of myself, how about you? Do you love yourself? Maybe if we can all kindly remind each other of our worth, discipline ourselves to be the best version of ourselves, we can not only love ourselves more, but teach others how to treat us. Afterall, how we love ourselves is showing others how to love us.

Well guys, I have to get moving about. We have to head out to the family birthday celebration real soon. Have a wonderful day and enjoy your weekend. Be kind to yourself, you’re worth it.

Until next time, don’t forget, Love Life++