Resilience

I realized something today:

I am a complainer. I am so set on seeing all the bad in the world that I forget to look at the good, to look at the bountiful blessings that surround me...I have so much to be grateful for!

I recognize I wont be happy all the time, and there is nothing wrong with that. Nonetheless, there is so much I can do to change whatever is wrong in my life.

The words of the poem titled Invictus keep echoing in my mind...

I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

So, today I am making a vow:

To love myself completely,
To accept my weakness and embrace my strengths,
To laugh at my ridiculousness and (frequent) embarrassments,
To encourage and love others,
To be as productive as I can possibly be (not just academically, but socially as well)
To meet someone new every day,
To care more about what I think about myself than the opinions of others,

I promise myself that I can do this. I am strong, I have an unconquerable soul, and with the help of my Heavenly Father, I can be resilient.

What difficulties do you have in life? What would you like to change?

xoxoxoxo
Eli