1. You are not too small to dream big. You can be just a regular teenager wanting to be in the next Victoriaās Secret fashion show and be the new AngelĀ or you could be the Princess who wishes to be the pauper for a day (but letās face it, no one would dream of it to be like that) or maybe you could wish to be one of them Miss Universe! YOU ARE WHAT YOU DREAM AND WISH FOR. If youāre big enough to think of it, you can be massive enough to become it.
2. In relation to #1, your goal can never be ātoo bigā to achieve it. Sometimes, people tend to overthink things. We seem toĀ āseeā the entire picture even if we havenāt tried something yet. The negativity pushes through us so our defence mechanism to cope up is to just run away and never try. HOW COULD YOU BE SO SURE THAT YOUāLL FAIL IF YOU HAVENāT EVEN TRIED TO BEGIN WITH?
3.Ā Donāt get so busyĀ ācapturing the momentā we have to actually live in it. This is kind of self explanatory to be honest, but the thing here is, we have social media supposedly to be just our means of expressing how grateful and ebullient we are but nowadays, it feels like we are all doing everything the other way around and as a result, we live up to theĀ ānice feedā andĀ āclassy chic themeā or someĀ āgothic emoā reputation this generation have. Why is that? I think itās because we are fed up by the wrong spoons used by the society. Live for the moments that you couldnāt capture.
4. Know when to jump out of a situation that is not healthy for you anymore. In short, know when to quit.Ā You need to know when things get out of hand way before they do so you can jump out of the situation RESPONSIBLY. You have to be able to tell your own capacities so you can perfectly define whether or not the situation is out of hand or not.
5. Trust is something far more valuable than you ought it to be. Take care of it if anyone gives theirs to you. Itās something you cannot take back fully if broken.Ā
6. You have to surround yourself with people who brings you up, not drag you down. The world is full of masked people but you should be able to find true ones in the sea of faƧades. Open your heart while looking and hear with it. That will be your best weapon.
7. Put your heart upon your sleeve. Love is such a wonderful, beautiful feeling be it Eros (love for the opposite gender), Storge (love for family), Phileo (tender platonic love), or Agape (unconditional love). You have to allow yourself this feeling for you to live happily and contented. Never be afraid to love because at the end of the day, thatās what we all are made of.Ā āWe are beings capable of love and we deserve to be loved.ā
8. If you doubt yourself and want to turn back, remember why you are where you are in the first place. You have your goals. If things get cloudy and you donāt know if youāre taking the right path, remember what your goals are and make a visual copy of them to be placed on your headboard or somewhere you could see them every waking day. (Going back to #1, youāre never to small to dream big)
9. A number can never define you and your existence.Ā (This one isĀ italicizedĀ because I want to emphasize this part) Whether it be a number on a scale or a number on your test result or your final grade on a certain subject, it can never truly define how beautiful, smart, witty and wonderful you are as a person. You alone can define who you are. Not some numbers based on some test or some weight pressured on you. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. YOU ARE LOVED. And I cannot stress how much more your value is.Ā
10. At the end of it all, after every struggle and every sleepless nights, I realized that I will always be the one who helps myself just as you are to yourself and everyone to theirs. Since no one understands you more than you (of course) have the initiative to help yourself. You cannot blame what youāve become on other people nor can you owe every credit to them if youāre up. YOU ARE WHAT MAKES YOU--YOU. HOW CAN I EMPHASIZE THAT MORE? You have everything that you need. All you have to do is put you right hand to your chest. There. You hear the beat? Thatās what you need to have the willpower and the strength to take on what lies ahead.Ā
A year is not a book. Never close it just because itās done. Itās a chapter of our lives. Leave the chapter open-ended because you have a whole new one waiting for you. Learn from your mistakes and live from your lessons.
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