…and that’s a wrap!

As we get closer and closer to moving into the new year, I’ve been taking a lot of time to think about what I want my life to look like next year, and moving forward. This year hasn’t been the best year for me. In fact, if I’m being honest it’s probably been one of the worst years of my life. I’ll spare you the details but just know that there have been a lot of downs, and very few ups, and any ups that I did experience were immediately dominated by the many downs that were destined to soon follow.

I am a believer that everything happens for a reason and when it is meant to happen. So while 2018 wasn’t a good year for me at all I’m accepting of the fact that everything that I experienced this year, was meant to happen. It was all a part of a bigger plan for me, and most importantly it is these very experiences that are going to continue to help me become the best version of myself. [Read more…]

Thanksgiving is upon us once again. Now is the time of year when most families like to gather round the dinner table with one another and give thanks for all the things they have in their life. Big or small, it’s important to take note of all the amazing gifts that you have been given throughout this year. These gifts aren’t always materialistic, but most of them will be gifts that are hard to come by.

Gifts that only very specific people in your life will be able to give you. Either they will be altruistic or spiritualistic gifts that will move you in ways no object of desire will be able to. These types of gifts serve a very important meaning in our lives. They are the kinds of gifts that remind us of all the things that we have in life, and how these things remind us to forever be humble and kind.

Life is hard, at times very unpredictable, but always rewarding should we choose to embrace all the things that make life wonderful. Yes, we should be thankful to have for the gifts that are materialistic and help us live our lives in a very sufficient way. However, we should also be thankful for the gifts that not everybody is able to receive, or may have had at one point and time in their life and lost it for one reason or another.

We should be thankful for all that we have and have been given to make it this far in our lives, because not everybody has the same “luck”, support, will, or drive to see every hardship through. You may not be living your ideal life, or the life that you so desire (or maybe you are, and if so kudos to you!), but you are living a life that was meant specifically for you. That alone is more than enough reason to be thankful for everything that you have this Thanksgiving. [Read more…]