Stop And Smell The Flowers | Self Care

I know it’s really hard to take time for yourself. We tell ourselves all sorts of excuses, yet did you know these are the same excuses that are getting in the way of us being the best version of ourselves that we can be?

"Don’t let the little ideas, the little stories, you make up in your head, stop you"

Oof that's a hard pill to swallow. It’s even harder breaking the habit, yet it’s not impossible. Things work out the way they work out and it may be a case of time, small steps or just a full on charge into battle with a warrior cry and your sword held high. Don’t let the little ideas, the little stories you make up in your head stop you. You really can achieve anything.

How do we get there? Practising self-care is essential. If you've ever attended a flight, they all say put your oxygen mask on first. It's important that we find value in ourselves and appreciate who we are.

It’s why it’s important to stop and smell the flowers. Appreciate what you have and take time for yourself. No one really is as important than you, in your life, EVER.

Then we can move on the next step and which is to believe you’re good enough for the things that you want. Better yet, believe that what you want is already yours, manifest it into your life.

Some people find the idea that 'they're worthy' a hard pill to swallow. yet it's the truth. The Backstreet Boys were right, it doesn’t matter who you are, where you’re from, what you did, as long as you love yourself. (Did you just cringe as much as I did when I was editing this?) I’m sorry for the cheese, that was painful for me too. It’s true though. Nothing can be achieved without it and I mean NOTHING.

Yet some people struggle to even get to a place, where they could ever accept the idea that they are worthy of anything, that they do deserve it. From the wise words of Yoda ‘that is why you fail’.

Just kidding, you're a human, you don't need to be perfect or feel like you're good enough all the time. we all have down time, everything is temporary, even what you're feeling right now. You can't get any lower than rock bottom, things can only get better.

‘We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars’

Oscar Wilde.

Isn’t that a relief? There's nowhere else you can go except up. Normally, we only settle for what we think we deserve. What if you thought you deserved more? What if you gave yourself a chance to believe that you do? What would happen to your life?

Keep climbing. x

LOVE IT. LISTEN TO IT.