Today Is The Day!

“You were born with potential. 
You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. 
You were born with wings. 
You are not meant for crawling, so don't. 
You have wings. 
Learn to use them and fly.” 
― Rumi  

I love asking my kids, friends and Clients to list all of the reasons they are great. What I, and you will notice, if you do this little test, is that people get so shy about talking about what they love about themselves. As if saying that you think you are wonderful is a sin, and maybe for some that is how they were raised. To praise oneself is a form of arrogance and conceit? But those two words have nothing to do with True love for yourself, so don't worry! Arrogance and conceit usually comes from insecurity anyway and today we choose not to be insecure. Today is the day we stop with self-deprecation! Today is the day that we embrace, kiss, and enjoy who we are! This is a lot to do with a lot of exclamation points, but I am trying to make a point! We were born with all of this good stuff, these good feelings about who we were... what happened? Who got in our heads and changed our minds about who we are? Here is what I would like all of us to do: Go find a picture of when you, yes, YOU! thought you were the sizzle, post it where you can always see it, list why you, at that time, thought you were all that. Why were you happy? What was going right at that moment in time that made you feel so great? list everything. Now, put on some sexy music and dance around your living room.. Okay! that is optional, but you might want to! I'm just saying this is self-therapy. This is about recognizing and building on your potential, so that you can stop feeling that you can't celebrate your greatness. Look at yourself in the mirror( sometimes this is the hardest part) and tell yourself how wonderful you are. If you can't yet do this... you know there is work to do. Love yourself enough to do the work and remember you weren't meant to be crawling, but to fly. Peace and Love, but mostly peace.