What do we live by?

For so long I thought I was living by the words above. Well how wrong was I! These actually were the words I should have been living by, but instead, I was living a life full of what if's? I'm not good enough, my passion was in the wrong line of thought, my presence was always looking either in the past or to far in the future and not in the now. I had no clarity at all, I had compassion for others, but it might have been for my own gain, I hated the thought of being vulnerable, I had my moments of being creative, but in the wrong place. So where did I change and start living by the above mentioned 10 Words Everyone Should Live By...

That moment or moments that you realise that you can't control every aspect of your life, and you just need to let go of certain expectations of people and I guess in some way yourself, and believe that the universe has everything in hand and it will only give to you, what you can handle to learn from and experience. We fear the unknown in life, because of our need to have control, once we learn to let that fear go, and feel that we are worth so much to ourselves, we will take everyday that we have on earth to learn the lessons we need to, feel the experiences we can and feel every emotion under the sun. This is called living, not just existing, but really living.

Today I registered for a swim event for next February (2017) and for the first time I can say I am doing it because I want to and it will be fun, not because I have to, to keep my weight off, or its part of further training for a bigger event. Just for the pure fun that I know the event can be, for the place that it is held and for the atmosphere that is there on that weekend in February.

Its nice to finally be in a stage of my life where I am happy with myself more than anything else, that I am following my dreams and chasing my goals and even better living my life with purpose, not because of a mental illness, or emotional pain. Just because I am truly happy and loving life, even with some difficulties that are in it, but life isn't meant to be easy.

Have a wonderful week...

Hayley