Don’t Be a Victim of Yesterday

It’s easy in tough times and in life in general to feel like or maybe even take on the role of victim of yesterday, but it’s something that should be outlawed. Every individual has gifts that make them special and powerful right now, you just need to look for them. The only failure is the person that doesn’t even attempt to search for their power.

I’ve found mine in my desire to build up and strengthen people. Being passionate about allowing others see that even the most common person can make a difference and have their own power. Whether you find your power through art or self defense (my true love), it’s out there and you will excel at it. You just need to make the effort to find it and then hold on to it with all that’s within you.

Sitting back and feeling sorry for yourself will never fly in this world and simply waiting for it to come to you won’t happen, either. You must seek it out, try new things, and be open to new experiences… Through this, you’ll find what you’re needing and looking for.

So get up today and stop feeling like the victim of your own choices. There’s a better way, experience life.

Live it and create what you want to see.

“Nothing is worth more than this day.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Glory of Forty

I think I’m about to slap the next one of my friends that says that they are old or over the hill after hitting forty. Where does anyone get the idea that forty is old??? I’m just beginning to come of my own and loving every second of it. The old saying, “Old enough to know better, but young enough not to care,” rings true and should for most of us.

When we were younger, we worried about what everyone thought of us and now we know that the only person we truly need to impress is ourselves. How many times did we do something we didn’t believe in or didn’t do something we did, simply because we were afraid of what “others” would think?

When I was in my twenties, all the women that I looked up to and thought of as drop dead gorgeous were in their forties and that actually excited me about the future. Confident and achieving more than I could have hoped for back then, as well as comfortable in their own skin… Something rare and special in my eyes.

Now here I am, forty-three and having the time of my life. Better, healthier, and 100% more confident than I could have even dreamed possible. I’m literally bouncing off the walls and ready to try anything, not standing for being a wallflower, the way I was when I was younger. Determined to leave my mark and making a difference in the world.

Everyone should feel this good about their age. There’s nothing wrong with getting older, as long as we don’t get too old to enjoy life. Get comfortable in your skin, ignore your kids when they say you’re old, and get out there, experience life. You’ll never regret it. Getting “old” is always optional.