TL;DR: This text is inspirational and motivational. It encourages you to be self-aware, self-loving, and to live in the present moment. It also promotes surrounding yourself with people who share similar values and focusing on living a fulfilling life rather than worrying about what others think. The text encourages you to dig deep within yourself to discover your true nature and to not be afraid of challenges or difficulties. It also encourages you to take responsibility for your own actions and choose to respond to challenges in a positive way, rather than being defeated by them. The quote at the end is also inspiring, encouraging resilience and the choice to live a meaningful life despite difficult circumstances.
Today is the first blank page of your 2023 book, a book with 365 pages. And you’re writing a good one. You’re the hero of your story, cherishing life and being present, choosing how to respond to what you cannot control by following your gut and heart.
But how do you do that? Here are some tips:
- All you need to start is yourself. To be self-aware and (re)discover yourself and all the hidden tools and abilities. To listen to your body, not just your mind. To love yourself and be kind.
- Surround yourself with people who share the same values as you, and choose to express them differently than you.
- Focus on living more and caring less about what others say. That’s not a this or that situation, so don’t grow this massive expectation of yourself not to care at all because you will. And that’s okay, as long as you’re aware of it.
- Build your happy place, your palace, your sanctuary. And for that, you need to know yourself.
- Gift yourself (and your beloved ones) with your presence and time. Time flies and is short. We never know when the end is here. Make the most of every second.
If you struggle with all of the above, head to your mirror and ask yourself: will I be the hero of my story or a character in someone else’s story?
Make your decision.
As the saying goes, we only live once.
Dig deep into yourself, among all the cultural and societal layers, because down there is your true nature.
Don’t be afraid of digging.
Your shining diamond is there waiting for you to clean it and remove all those imposed layers of who you should be and how you should live.
Write the first blank page of your book with hope.
And remember, as Walter Anderson said, “Bad things happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself.”
Take control of your life and be the hero of your own story, with the help of these tips and the power of resilience.
