you are, who you are.

I've realized something lately...the fact that you shouldn't have to change who you are for someone. You should be wanted & desired for who YOU are. & same goes for the other person. Anyone who walks into your life, don't look at them with expectancy that they will someday change things about themselves. Don't expect a.n.y.t.h.i.n.g. out of them.

& don't change who you are just to be accepted or adored.
You're unique.
You're beautiful.
You're special.
You're simply you. --the person God designed you to be, so don't assume you need to change things about yourself for someone else.

There are things about myself that i don't like all that much, but if I desire to change on my own & with God's help, that's perfectly fine. Just don't do it just to please someone else, or to keep them around just a little bit longer.

be yourself.
be who YOU want to be.
change what YOU want to change.

I'll admit it, I have jealousy issues. big ones. It's not a trait I'd like to continue with the rest of my life, but God is helping me. It's a struggle & I believe because of this, i may have lost some friendships in my lifetime, but everyone deals with their issues. Everyone has things in their life they are not proud of. Does that make them a bad person? no. It makes them human. Everyone makes mistakes & messes up every once in awhile, but does that mean you should just get up & walk out? no.

What in your life is worth fighting for? anything? Did anything come to mind just now? if so, go for it. Fight for what YOU want. Not what others want for you. Go for what your HEART wants. & run.

Run through a field. A field of flowers & grass & sunflowers.
Run down the middle of the road, out in the country.
Run through the woods in your back yard or in your favorite hide away place.
feel free for once.
simply, run.

Feel that childlike freedom. Experience being yourself again.
Find your home roots again. Find what your heart desires & be exactly who YOU want to be.
Don't become something for someone that you'd never truly want to become.
Because after you've become that, it's all the more harder to find home again.
listen to your heart beat & don't let life pass you by. Don't continue waiting for tomorrow to get here & before you know it, you're looking back & 20 years has gone by. Live now. Dream now. Cherish now.

You are YOU for a reason.
If someone doesn't like you, well then, it's their loss.
You are inspiring.
You are lovely.

Grace.