Often times, life can be like bowling. Sometimes you strike, and sometimes you’re off course and need bumpers to guide you. Everyone, at some point, runs into facing something that makes them decide how they will respond to life. Because as much as we hope, just like bowling, it’s not always strikes. So when faced with all the pins, feeling like you just can’t do it, there’s only one way out....and it’s always to push through it. However, every moment, of every day, it’s up to you. Who do you want to be? How will you get through it? It’s okay to sometimes rely on life bumpers, trying to make your way through the dark. Needing to choose, isn’t what defines us. It’s what we do with the option that shows who we are. ~ xoxo. s. 🌹

“This future of yours, when does it begin? Today? Or always tomorrow?” Are we taking the time to accept ourselves? Or are we wasting time, waiting for others to accept us? And if we do take that time for us, are we feeling too guilty to even embrace it? If so, we need to find balance and set boundaries so we can stop feeling guilty, for feeling good. ~ xoxo. s. 🌹

We’ve all been there. Waiting. For something. An idea, inspiration...a sign. Well here’s one: Let’s stop waiting while wondering when to start living, and instead, start living WHILE wondering. And maybe, just maybe, the epiphanies and eurekas are waiting for US. ~ xoxo. s.🌹

On the other side of the fence you’ve been viewing as your horizon, is yourself. Waiting for you. Go get you. Choose you. That’s not a punishment. It’s a promise. And it just may be the best one you’ll ever make. ❤️

Art. Within us. Around us. Because of us. From us. Within us again. A cycle. It is ours. It is our language. Our inspiration. Our constant reminder. So, let it be honest. Let it be real. Let it be...us. Can you face yourself and all the honest art that you are? Loving yourself wholly as the masterpiece you are? ~ xoxo. s. 🌹

In life, the only real competition is with you vs. you. And in every second, of every day, you have the power to choose. Will you choose the you that doubts you? Or that you that believes in yourself enough to pull through? Prove it to yourself. Prove that you can do so much more than any limitation that has ever been placed on you. Take breaks when you need to. Love yourself through them. And when you’re ready again, choose you. The only way out, is through. ~ xoxo. s. 🌹

Okay...I started. So...What Now? What Next? What if everything goes wrong?...Well...what if everything goes just right? We all have that thing (or things) we hope for, envision and dream of one day being true. Let’s stop spending our lives wondering while waiting for it. And start spending our lives wondering while working for it. The spark is within us all. Are we going to wait for the wind to blow in our direction? Or fan the flame ourselves? ~ xoxo. s. 🌹

I wanted to start off with a poem that sums up the uncertainty and simultaneous hope of daring to take a chance. I know that fear, that doubt, and that hesitation, are all road blocks and speed bumps felt by everyone at different points. And I wanted anyone and everyone who does feel that way to know that they are not alone. And that someone out there believes in them. Me. I believe in you. And I feel the same fear. So, we can start again, together. We can dare to fail, dare to fall, and more importantly...dare to fly. ~ xoxo. s. 🌹