... is something I've never understood. I'm a proponent of BE WHERE YOU ARE. If I'm home, have no money, and no one to hang out with, I have plenty of things to keep me busy. Does that mean I wouldn't rather be with my man? Well, of course I would, but I can be happy just hanging by myself. I like being by myself. I like where I am in life. I am happy here. And I wouldn't be happier in Turkey, Bosnia, Morocco, Tanzania, or Czech Republic, even though being in those places would be rad.
... here. Even if I wasn't where I wanted to be in life (and dude, I haven't always been here) I always thought that I was paying my dues, learning my lessons, being educated in life. And I was happy to go to the school of hard knocks. Because now? I've had awesome experiences, learned to love people for who they are and not what they can do for me, and learned to smile at adversity and apply the lessons I've learned through it to my future. I wouldn't trade that for the world.
... who I am. I wouldn't trade my trials, my hardships, my hard-learned lessons for anything. Nothing in the world. I wouldn't change me, the way I think, the way I love, or the ways I've been used for anything. I wouldn't trade my parents for any others in the world and am thankful that they minimally molded me into who I am today.
... making myself a better person. Having goals and achieving those goals. Running toward something bigger, better, but still consistent with who I am. Just because I want to improve myself doesn't mean I don't love myself and doesn't mean I'm not happy with who I am.
... smiling. Because smiling is contagious. And if I can just force a smile even when I'm down, I know the smile will pick up my spirit and make it sing.
If you'd rather be...
... somewhere else? Change where you are. Move. Make a change. Find your happy place. Or learn to see where you are in a different light. See the desert's beauty, the mountain's majesty, and focus on the beauty that is already where you are and build from there. There is happiness everywhere, you just might have to pick up and turn over a leaf or two to find it.
... someone else? Learn to love you for who you are. Learn to love your quirks, the things that make you different. Learn to forgive yourself and move forward with goals and faith that you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. You are a child of God. You rock. And being you is more important than being cool, sexy, funny, or smart. Being you is the definition of being awesome, so just be awesome already.
The End.
... here. Even if I wasn't where I wanted to be in life (and dude, I haven't always been here) I always thought that I was paying my dues, learning my lessons, being educated in life. And I was happy to go to the school of hard knocks. Because now? I've had awesome experiences, learned to love people for who they are and not what they can do for me, and learned to smile at adversity and apply the lessons I've learned through it to my future. I wouldn't trade that for the world.
... who I am. I wouldn't trade my trials, my hardships, my hard-learned lessons for anything. Nothing in the world. I wouldn't change me, the way I think, the way I love, or the ways I've been used for anything. I wouldn't trade my parents for any others in the world and am thankful that they minimally molded me into who I am today.
... making myself a better person. Having goals and achieving those goals. Running toward something bigger, better, but still consistent with who I am. Just because I want to improve myself doesn't mean I don't love myself and doesn't mean I'm not happy with who I am.
... smiling. Because smiling is contagious. And if I can just force a smile even when I'm down, I know the smile will pick up my spirit and make it sing.
If you'd rather be...
... somewhere else? Change where you are. Move. Make a change. Find your happy place. Or learn to see where you are in a different light. See the desert's beauty, the mountain's majesty, and focus on the beauty that is already where you are and build from there. There is happiness everywhere, you just might have to pick up and turn over a leaf or two to find it.
... someone else? Learn to love you for who you are. Learn to love your quirks, the things that make you different. Learn to forgive yourself and move forward with goals and faith that you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. You are a child of God. You rock. And being you is more important than being cool, sexy, funny, or smart. Being you is the definition of being awesome, so just be awesome already.
The End.
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