Living Your Life Means…

If you are living your life, you have nothing to worry about. But if you are not living your real life, if you are trying to fit in, if you are trying to be who you are not, if you are telling yourself lies, if you do not have the courage to express your authentic Self, you have everything to worry about.

Why is that? Because authenticity builds life. Lies destroy lives. When you are real, when you don’t fake your life, you are in a better position in your life. And you are in a better position to face what is coming, what you do not yet know.

Living your life means you are just you. You are not scared to express who you are. You are comfortable with yourself.

You are not living your life if you are still hiding your real self, if you are still thinking about what other people are thinking about you, if you do not have the courage to ask for what you want and need.

You are not. You are living your life when you are free to show the world who you really are, what you can do to change the world, when you are not afraid to speak your mind, when you are not pretending to be who you are not, when you are comfortable with yourself, when you are comfortable talking about your weaknesses, when you take your life seriously, and when you are who you are, no matter where you are.

Living your life means doing what other people are afraid to do. It means you are living your real life, not faking anything. Living your real life mean you know what you do not know. It means you are willing to make things better, no matter what.

In order to do it really well, to live your real life, you have got to believe in yourself. You have got to have a solid foundation. You have got to love your life, no matter what is going on within you. Because self-love is everything. When you love yourself, you can bear anything in life. You can handle anything in life.

The question is, ‘Do you have the courage to live your life?’

What Are You Still Holding On To?

‘Holding on is not the same as taking care of what you value or protecting that which is yours.’ – Iyanla Vanzant

To you, what does ‘holding on’ mean? Does it mean taking care of what you have? Does it mean fighting to defend what you already have?

Why do we even hold on to things that we know are not helping us? Why?

Because we don’t want to lose our things. We want what we already to be there, to stay with us. We don’t want to lose them. We love what we have.

Guess what, if you don’t let go, nothing is going to come in. To let go is to let in. If you want to see new things in your life, you must let go of the old ones.

You cannot be in two places at the same time. That is not possible. If you want to be good at what you are doing, you will have to let go of one.

Letting go means freedom. It won’t hurt you. Instead, letting go is a blessing.

Remember why you are here. Your life matters. You are not here to protect what is not worth protecting. You are here to live your life, to be who you are, to do what you love to do.

If you do not want to let go of what is no longer helping you, what you need won’t be able to get to you.

For example, to grow, you must do whatever you can to make it to where you can make your dreams happen. Do not let things hold you back. And do not hold yourself back by holding on to things that have no power to change your life.

The question is, ‘What are you holding on to?’ Whatever it is that you think in your life that you are still holding on to, if it is not helping you, if it is not getting you closer to your dreams, you MUST let it leave your life.

Because you don’t have time to waste. Because you life matters. Because you want to advanve to your next level.

In the words of Iyanla Vanzant, ‘When you can stop holding on, you begin to realize that your blessings cannot be taken away, nor will they go away until the Universe is ready to up the ante.‘ She is right.

You can stop holding on. You can do it when you start small. Do not rush yourself. Because ‘rushing leads to nowhere.’