Grateful

 Grateful

Being grateful is your gateway to peace. When you can sit in any moment of your life and find something that is beautiful about it, then you can find the meaning is every situation, even when it's the hardest thing you've gone through. Being grateful doesn't mean you are pushing aside all of your other emotions but it does mean you see and feel the deeper meaning in what's going on and finding the space that is making you expand and grow. Being able to say thank you in amongst the pain and the sorrow will open the door to growth, to love, and ultimately to peace.  It's easy to find things to be grateful for when life is easy. The true test is to be able to find gratitude in amongst the heartache.

Throwing Shade

 

Throwing Shade

Wanting something better for yourself is normal. Wanting to reach your potential is what you should be striving for. Realizing that you do not have to throw shade (digs, jabs, whatever you call it) at others as you reach your goals, that is key. When you come for another person's character, even in the subtleness of ways, what you are doing is really showing the flaws in yours. If you stopped for a moment, you would recognize that those that came before you were actually building the foundation in which you were able to soar. Without that platform, your leap would have been far greater. Celebrating your accomplishments while also sincerely celebrating those that built the foundation (and with an understanding that you are adding to that foundation for those that will came after), then that is the definition of true success.