Excerpt from my journal

I believe in living a stress-free, authentic, and happy life. The road may be a bumpy ride, and the future unknown, but I will not sit by and live with excuses, I will make things happen.

I admit that I am not where I want to be, I am not where I need to be, I am not doing what I'd like to be doing or making the money I'd like to be making. I am working hard to get there and I will work my ass off to get where I need to be. And that's okay.

I want the people in my life, those who matter, to see a person who is on the path to self discovery and a spiritual awakening, a person I want them to see is someone learning and growing, a kind person with an amazing heart. But I need to be okay with the fact that not everyone will see these things in me. Because the people who are important are the ones who love me for me. And I need to be okay with the fact that I am not perfect, but the best I can do is to try to be my self and nobody else.

And I want to live for myself for once, I want to live and love and just be happy. I want to truly make my mark in the world, and be my authentic self, and stand by it without being fake. I want to discover the new friends to come and old friends that I love, and truly love them with all my heart.

But beyond all of this, I want to love myself for who I am now. Because I need to love myself, for everything that I am, before I can love anyone else.