Hello dear kindred, here's your daily truth...

Dear Radiant Soul,

One of the most difficult parts of life, one that requires so much constant learning, growth, and commitment, is that we need to love ourselves in a healthy way.

Loving ourselves and caring for ourselves does not make us indulgent and selfish. In fact, it makes us behave in ways that lead to self-respect. We make decisions and take actions that feel respectful.

When our feelings about our own life and our own worth are true and in balance. We would always want to act from a place of love. It has to start by realizing — that we an infinitely valuable human being.

This is why it’s so important to do the work of healing, and identifying old patterns, beliefs, and trauma keeping us from valuing, loving, and respecting ourselves. 

Our love deepens, expands, and matures when we first start with loving ourselves. It is worth the work, dear friend.

You really are so very loved.
xoxo

Melody Ross  www.bravegirlsclub.com

The Challenge

You really can't begin to know how spectacular you are or how much you are capable of or how strong and brave the depth of your soul is. Because we all understandably see things from such a limited and incomplete point of view, because we haven't learned everything we need to learn yet, it is hard to see that things that feel like failures or roadblocks or hardships are the very things that exercise our soul muscles and keep us in top shape to be able to live out our beautiful and constantly progressing potential.

Life would be so sad and so boring if there were never any wonderful and sometimes painful and difficult opportunities for growth. It is in the growing and the changing and the stretching and the soul exercise that the biggest joys come.

Keep your head up. Keep sweatin' through the soul lunges. You are spectacularly fit for the challenge, you really are. You can do this.

You are loved.
xoxo

You Are Going To Be Okay......

Writing Your Own 2019 Manifesto

Writing a personal manifesto is an amazing experience, when you really think about the things that are important in your life. I did this at a Brave Girls Camp, and some of the women wrote the most amazing papers. I am planning to write a new one for 2019. I believe that many of my readers would find a challenge and enjoy the process.

This is an example for you.

“This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often. If you don’t like your job, quit. If you don’t have enough time, stop watching TV. If you are looking for the love of your life, stop; they will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love. Stop over analyzing, life is simple. All emotions are beautiful. When you eat, appreciate every last bite. Open your mind, arms, and heart to new things and people, we are united in our differences. Ask the next person you see what their passion is, and share your inspiring dream with them. Travel often; getting lost will help you find yourself. Some opportunities only come once, seize them. Life is about the people you meet, and the things you create with them so go out and start creating. Life is short. Live your dream and share your passion.”

— “The Holstee Manifesto”, written by Holstee founders Michael Radparvar, Dave Radparvar, and Fabian Pfortmüller in 2009.


This information is from Lisa Sonora. Visit her at Lisa Sonora

How to Create Your Own Manifesto

Follow these 4 steps to create your own manifesto:

1. Answer the writing prompts in this post. Stream-of-conscious, first thoughts encouraged!

2. Circle your boldest statements and convictions. Rewrite them to be bold and succinct.

3. Find inspiration from the other manifestos shared in this post, and take the ideas that resonate to your own manifesto.

4. Make it visual. Add some images to your manifesto, or use beautiful typography and make your manifesto into a poster you can hang in your home or art studio.



Create Your Own Manifesto Prompts: here are some ideas.


Quirky things I cherish about myself…

Things I like to do alone…

Things I want to try at least once…

I want to say yes to…

I will dare to say no to…

I believe in…

New Year Day

Dear Valuable Soul,

On this most miraculous day of beginnings, remember to let yourself revel in all that it took to get you to this very day and this very moment in your life. You have traveled so many roads of so many different sorts to make it to this place, and it’s only right to look back and honor all you have survived, built, learned, celebrated, endured, healed, burned, planted, and created, all the way up to this day.

It’s wonderful to think about where you want to go next, too. But just for a moment, allow yourself the time to sit with every victory, every failure, every lesson, every relationship, every miracle, every blessing, every sickness, every project, every bounty, every famine, every mountain you’ve climbed, every sea you’ve floated in. All of it.

To make it all the way to this day was a feat that deserves a sense of awe from every cell of your being. You did it. You made it. It took thousands of people who came in and out of your life. It took millions of decisions you made moment by moment. It took so much strength, so much bravery, and SO MUCH FAITH AND HOPE to keep going on lots of those days, didn’t it?

Your life is important. It’s a miracle. You are so valuable that countless things have come together and conspired on your behalf, to get you to all of the exact places you were always meant to be. And you showed up for all of it.

Never forget, dear one, that you are beloved beyond comprehension. You matter and your life matters.

You are so very very loved.
xoxo

From Melody  www.BraveLiving.com