Start with yourself. Heal yourself. Love yourself. Be yourself. It all begins with you!

This post is dedicated to my beautiful nieces. I love you to the moon and back 🌚⭐🌞

• Be selective about the people you spend time with since they will have an impact on you.
• If you Love someone, TELL them. Don’t go a moment without telling them. 
• “Believe people when they reveal who they are.” Maya Angelou
• This too shall pass. No problem stays forever. Every problem comes and goes.
• Strive to get rid of the things that aggravate you. Reduce the list of irritations.
• It won’t be a secret if the person you are dating is genuinely into you.
• There is a difference between feeling better and improving.
• Don’t let fear keep you from doing the things you want to do. Do it afraid. 
• Share your gifts with the world.
• Don’t let pain turn you cold and heartless. Use your story to help others. 
• Believe in yourself. You will do AMAZING things in your life.
• Don’t keep what you know to yourself. Share it with others. Whether it’s a recipe or a great beauty product.
• Always have a book you can’t put down.
• If you have a job you detest, look for another job and leave the one you hate. It should make you happy to wake up rather than make you feel irritated going to work.
• No matter how minor the choice, it has an impact on how you feel about yourself.
• Avoid tensing up. Make your home a calm place.
• Only if you do will life remain unchanged.
• Be conscious of the fact that one choice has the power to alter everything.
• Your strengths serve as your purpose’s compass.
• Reject the idea that life is difficult and must be endured. To thrive is to live.
• Avoid dating someone you wish to save or fix. (Make no one your project) 
• Avoid committing to a relationship with someone who lacks empathy.
• Make a decision about the kind of life you desire, then build your life around that goal.
• Take a lesson from others’ successes to avoid wasting your time.
• Life gets better if you’re in the correct relationship. Period.
• Show more attention to what others are saying than to what you have to say. 
• Get married to your best friend.
• Friends come and some friends go. The ones that are meant to be in your life will always be.
• Live in the now. By Living in the moment you will have so many memories that will last a lifetime.
• Everyone has something to teach you.
• Avoid being a victim. Don’t live your life with a victim mentality. It makes you look needy. 
• Create your own schedule and include lots of little things that make you happy.
• Establish boundaries with the people in your life.
• Never allow someone else to decide how you should feel about yourself.
• Don’t put your needs last just to please others.
• The quicker you let it go, the fewer sleepless nights you will have. (trust my words on this one) lol
• Share your flaws; it makes you relatable to another.
• Avoid attempting to blame your parents for what they did or did not do. Just take ownership of your own healing.
• Pay attention to actions they speak louder than words.
• Perform at least one activity you enjoy each day.
• Always be sincere; it will ease your burden.
• Don’t feed your ego. Feed your soul.
• If you’re broken, you’ll pick another broken person.
• Avoid responding emotionally to events right away. First, think. 
• Every day, leave something unsaid. (I’m still learning this one) 🤦🏾‍♀️
• People’s actions and words have much more to do with them than with you.
• Avoid doing something that must remain a secret. 
• You are more powerful than you realize.
• Be confident. 
• Greet total strangers with a smile.
• Simple decency speaks volumes. Be considerate, be kind.
• Develop your own coping mechanisms.
• Communicate freely about issues, many issues can be resolved quicker than you think if you just talk it out.
• Make plans for enjoyable things you can look forward to.
• The road to joy is one of thankfulness. Be grateful, show it, and say it. 
• “Until you do, nothing works.” Maya Angelou
• You are aware of the solution.
• Don’t ignore your gut instincts. They are trying to tell you something.