Be You!

  
This quote speaks so much to me! See I’m totally the kind of person who checks on you if you’re having a bad day, remembers small details about whatever you are going through, or find out what inspires you and tries to encourage that in you. But I’m also that person who gets disappointed when those same actions aren’t reciprocated. I remember my mom telling me back in high school, “don’t expect people to treat you the same way you treat them.” Well I’m far from high school now and I have to admit I still kinda want people to do that for me. Is it naive of me to expect people to care enough to simply say, how are you–with no strings attached? 

I find that as life goes on, I was tempted to change who I was because of other people’s behavior. How was that working out for me? Well, I wasn’t being “me.” I wasn’t staying true to who I was and I in turn was becoming those same people that don’t necessarily take time for others. But it was a choice I was making to change me. I knew when I was keeping my distance or retreating from my “true” self. It didn’t make me happy. I was missing a big part of who I was and what I was created to be. Sure I wanted to convince myself, it doesn’t matter, they don’t ask about my life so why ask about theirs, why go the extra mile, why do I keep trying?  But I eventually learned that this was just part of what made me who I am. I definitely can’t expect people to be who I would like them to be but I most certainly can expect me to continue being my true self–let’s face it, no one else can do you like you do you!

So with all that being said–

How are you today? 💕