Living Life on Life’s Terms – My New Reality

1. I’m not an athlete anymore.
2. I don’t have the picture perfect body of a model.
3. I make mistakes every day.
4. I don’t always eat right.
5. Sometimes I talk too much.
6. Sometimes I don’t talk enough.
7. I’m not really smart.
8. I’m not always comfortable with other people.

But… And…

1. I’m active every day and exercise when I can.
2. I’ve learned to accept my body.
3. I learn from my mistakes.
4. I eat healthy, but indulge myself from time to time.
5. I compliment people and lift them up.
6. If I don’t have anything nice to say, I keep my mouth shut.
7. I’m always learning.
8. I’m comfortable in my own skin.

No one can keep me down but me.

When I’m helpful and of service to other people, my life gets better.

When I stop fighting everything and everyone, and practice acceptance and gratitude, my life gets better.

When I give up control, I get set free.

I don’t have to be the best of the best to have a place in the world. I don’t have to be on top of the heap.

I don’t have to let life get me down, especially over things I can’t control. I don’t have to be at the bottom of the heap.

I can live my life, and be a worker among workers, and a friend among friends, right here in the middle of the heap.

The world goes on without me. It doesn’t need my negative input. I get an amazing sense of comfort and freedom in that realization.

My life has gotten better.

~Thanks for reading – LC