Give Yourself Permission Finally To Start Living.
“If you’ve yet to find your purpose, maybe it’s not that you don’t have one. Rather, maybe it’s that you haven’t given it permission to find you. And you might ask, is there any legitimate purpose in that?” -Craig D. Lounsbrough
In a world that constantly tries to tell you that you aren't enough- a world that rarely gives you permission to ever be yourself- only we can take charge of our lives and finally give ourselves permission to live as fully and as lively as we possibly can.
Today, give yourself permission to treat yourself. Give yourself permission to reward yourself with your favourite coffee, your favourite book, and your favourite music. Today and onward, give yourself permission to enjoy the simple pleasures of life without the empty feelings of guilt and shame that often come alongside it.
Today, give yourself permission to make mistakes. Give yourself permission to not be perfect, but be accepting. Accepting of the mistakes and obstacles that you'll inevitably encounter along the way, but humbled by the lessons that you'll take from it all. Today and onward, give yourself permission to just be human today.
Today, give yourself permission to feel and be felt. Give yourself permission to feel all of life's ebbs and flows, without judging yourself for feeling a certain way. All of us feel. But today and onward, give yourself permission to feel all of life's many ripples and be grateful that you are alive and well enough to experience them all.
Today, give yourself permission to be vulnerable. To bring the most out of others and to get the most out of our relationships, we first have to accept and love the fact that we are vulnerable beings. We crave connection. We are social beings. So today and onward, give yourself permission to love yourself enough to be vulnerable and real with others and yourself.
Today, give yourself permission to let go of standards and labels. To see beyond the many names and barriers that hold us back from being ourselves. Today and onward, give yourself permission to see the person beyond the external, to understand fully that on the internal, we are all the same.
Today, give yourself permission to trust and love the process. To see the good, even in what seems like something bad. It takes courage to trust the process and love the moment, despite what's going on around you. Today and onward, give yourself permission to see that each moment serves as a much bigger purpose, and all of it will be nostalgic one day to look back on.
Today, give yourself permission to speak up for what you truly believe in. To speak openly and freely without regret or judgement. To live in a way that is fully aligned with who you are and the values that you stand by. Today and onward, give yourself permission to love who you are and all that you live by.
Today, give yourself permission to meet someone special. To open your heart up to what we are ultimately here to do. To allow the light and glow of your very essence to shine brightly onto another person without restriction or constraint. Today and onward, give yourself permission to love another person fully and passionately, without fear or scarcity.
Today, give yourself permission to be happy. To let the sweet aroma of today and all that's to unfold in the coming hours of your world, to fully sink in and be. To not let tomorrow's worries or yesterday's struggles stop you from living as abundantly and as wholly as you possibly can today. Today and onward, give yourself permission to experience true joy.
Today, give yourself permission to finally live. Because as you'll come to realize and as you'll come to see, life is far too short not to.