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Ten Things

A quick reflection for today... 1. When you make yourself vulnerable, people feel safe with you. 2. Life is hard, but you are stronger than you can ever imagine. 3. When you walk through the light at the end of the tunnel, it is worth every minute of pain. 4. Own your mistakes with every ounce of bravery you can muster up. 5. The happier you are alone, the more open you are to loving someone else. 6. The frequency you send out into the world, is the frequency you attract back in. 7. Give compliments. Say them right to that person's face. They mean more than you will ever know. 8. Be kind to yourself. Don't talk badly about You. If you say nice things to You, you just might start to believe it. 9. Find "your thing" and do it with foolish abandon. Whatever it is, make it happen. 10. The greatest thing anyone can ever tell you is, YOU LOOK SO HAPPY . It is the true reflection of what you feel on the inside, beaming out of you for others to see. Hold that compl

You are the doors you open.

This blog post is inspired by Cheryl Strayed's book, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar . If you haven't read it, please do. It is worth every minute of precious time. One of my dearest friends recently wrote me an email. Her email matched most of our conversations that I will describe as "meaty." We talk about things that matter and then we go beyond matter and hit the how and why with a vengeance. She challenges me to think far beyond what I think I know and understand so I always feel a sense of honor when she asks me for my thoughts. In an effort to respect our friendship and her thoughts and feelings, I am going to answer her email here in a general way that might apply to others as well. I like to write about things that I gather from lots of people during lots of good conversations and I think this is another one of those. Here goes... Friend: I know who I am - or at least who I want to be and think I am - but the life I am livi