Has your comfort zone ever made you feel remarkably uncomfortable?

Today seems like the best day to talk about growth and willingness to put forth the effort to improve upon yourself.

 

A hard lesson in life is this: If someone doesn’t want to be better or change, they will keep showing you over and over, regardless of how much of yourself you give to them in hopes of helping them.

 

Something to live by: You can only give so much of yourself to others before you begin to crack and fall apart at the seams yourself. 

 

I have spent the better part of my existence making sure everyone else had everything they needed and that they were taken care of. I am what you would call a bleeding heart; I feel for just about everybody and always want to help in anyway that I can, even if that means I go without.

 

I have come to the conclusion that it’s because I’ve spent the better years of my life hiding from myself. I never thought I’d amount to much and it really shows in how I’ve taken care of myself these past 10 years. I’ve put my dreams on hold, canceled my plans and moved heaven and earth for others who probably wouldn’t piss on me if I were on fire. I guess I can only blame myself for the self sabotage. God fucking damn this bleeding heart of mine.

 

Enough is enough. 

I’m taking back my life.

 

Hows that Serenity prayer go? 

God grant me the serenity

To accept the things I cannot change;

Courage to change the things I can;

And wisdom to know the difference.

-Reinhold Niebuhr

Something like that, right?

Part of the process of clearing your mental and physical clutter is letting go things and people who no longer serve you a purpose. They no longer spark joy and frankly they make you feel like shit. 

It isn’t healthy or my responsibility to carry the burdens and setbacks of others on my shoulders, it’s just heavy. 

Go ahead, read that again. 

 

    Now I’m going to take a deep breath in and exhale. 

(AHHHHHHH; FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK) 

 

    All right, now that we’ve got that out of the way... It’s time to move forward.

 

    Here’s to new beginnings that help lift the mental fog and take away the weight that holds you back from living your life for yourself. 

 

XOXO 

 

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