We all need to learn that we are traveling through time together, and the more in harmony, the more loving the journey.

Being pulled from our comfort zone and expected to do something that all those that we know won’t accept is hard, but there is beauty in courage, new confidence, and change. Embrace it, don’t fight who you are meant to be.

People will always judge you harshly no matter what choices you make. So please, for your own sake, go forth and do exactly what you want to do. Because in the end, what people say does not matter. What matters is that you are happy.

Start believing in yourself and your worth to others. You need to believe that you are worthy so that you will start walking in the right direction and receiving the love and good life that is waiting for you.

Let your awesomeness shine cause you can! Be that example of the person that you wished you had helping you    when you were growing up.

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Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy; sharing it is liberating – C Simon.

Be strong, have willpower, know that you are better than what the world has to offer. For there is nothing that is of the material world that is better than that of love. Be strong, stay with your values.

If it is not making you better then it isn’t love. True love makes you more of who you are, not less. – Author Unknown.

Too many people spend their times trying to find someone to sleep with, instead of finding someone worth waking up to. – Author unknown.

If you’re wondering how an outsider knows your business, check your insiders. – Author Unknown.

Love is just a word until you find someone to define it! – Author unknown.

Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. To get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually.
– Abraham Joshua Hershel.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light. – Albert Schweitzer.

Before we assume, we should: Learn the facts, understand why, feel, and think about it with your heart. There are always two sides to every story and as long as we listen to one side then we will never know the truth. If finding the truth is so important to you and your life then get both sides of the story from the proper source.
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I’ve learned…. That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I’ve learned…. That when you’re in love, it shows.
I’ve learned…. That just one person saying to me, “You’ve made my day!” makes my day.
I’ve learned…. That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
I’ve learned…. That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
I’ve learned…. That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with. I’ve learned…. That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
I’ve learned…. That it’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.*
I’ve learned…    That under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I’ve learned…. That the Lord didn’t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?
I’ve learned…. That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you. I’ve learned…. That love, not time, heals all wounds.
I’ve learned…. That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I’ve learned…. That life is tough, but I’m tougher.
I’ve learned…. That when you harbour bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.*
I’ve learned…. That one should keep our words both soft & tender, because tomorrow we may have to eat them.
I’ve learned…. That we should be glad God doesn’t give us everything we ask for.*   
I’ve learned…. That I can’t choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.

– Author Unknown.

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People say that we need to love ourselves, and that is true. We also need to approve of ourselves and our journey of ups and downs, because we have done the best that we could do up to this point, and yes sure, it was hard, and yes sure we made those mistakes, did bad things, and the like, but oh did we learn from it all. And hey, we were just doing what we could to survive and figure this all out. We
were doing our best, even at our worst. ? And now we know better we are trying our best to be the best person that we can be, no one can ask more of us than our current best efforts. So please approve of yourself for all that you have been through, all that you have learned and what you are doing now
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LOVE: We think and sing and dream about it and lose sleep worrying about it. When we don’t know we have it, we search for it. When we discover it, we don’t know what to do with it. When we have it, we fear losing it. It is the constant source of pleasure and pain. But we don’t know which it will be from one moment to the next. It is a short word, easy to spell, difficult to define and impossible to live
happily without it – Author Unknown.
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To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.”
– Christian D. Larson.
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain.

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“I have made mistakes in my life. I have let people take advantage of me, and I have accepted way less than i deserve. But I have learned from my bad choices and even though there are some things i can never get back and people who will never be sorry, I will know better next time and I wont settle for anything less than I deserve.”
– Francisca.
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Scapegoat (Google):
noun A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency. (in the Bible) a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Lev. 16).
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A scapegoat is a person or animal which takes on the sins of others, or is unfairly blamed for problems.
The concept originally comes from Leviticus, in which a goat is designated to be cast into the desert with the sins of the community. Other ancient societies had similar practices.
In psychology and sociology, the practice of selecting someone as a scapegoat has led to the concept of scapegoating. – Wikipedia.
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You wake up one day and realize that you are not happy with your life and the direction it is heading. What to do? You must of course be responsible. But you can ‘from this moment on’ take steps that will change the direction of your life forever. You were not born to be a follower, you were born to direct your own life. Dare to dream and make those dreams your reality.