Day 6

When life isn’t going right, go left

Seriously, it seems like life never goes as you want it! So GO LEFT! Seriously, turn left and grab your favorite soda and take a deep breath! Sometimes the most difficult thing for me is getting along with people. I always find myself doing what I love, but doing it with who I love is a whole different thing!

Growing up my parents always told me that I had an intimidating personality, but I didn’t understand… until I had to get a job. I realized I wasn’t intimidating because I was tall and large and in everyone’s face. I was intimidating because I spoke well, I was mature, and on a good day I was confident. I have always known who I am and because of that sometimes people think I can come off as “too strong”.

My whole life I tried to be softer, be quieter, be more of something I wasn’t. I started to be less of who I was to make others more comfortable. But then I realized,

I can’t please everyone!

What a hard pill to swallow that was! There came a point in my life where I began to realize that I could be kind and be myself. That is lesson #6

You can love yourself and eventually so will everyone else!

Loving yourself and waiting for others to hop on board is just part of life! But once you love yourself, you stop counting on someone else loving you.

My “strong” personality, actually isn’t that strong, I am just honest, brave, confident, and open. I am me. I love who I am and sometimes that can be difficult. College can try to steal that, college will try to lie to you. But don’t listen! BE YOU!

xoxo, AMD

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