I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people's lives, problems, and wants set the course for my life. Once I realized it was okay for me to think about and identify what I wanted, remarkable things began to take place in my life.

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Today, I will focus on what's right about me. I will give myself some of the caring I've extended to the world.

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Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible-controlling that which we cannot-and instead, focus on what is possible-which usually means taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness, and love, as much as possible.

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Life is always moving, changing, shifting into its next shape. The movement is natural. It is how we evolve. Let the shifts happen. Take responsibility for yourself each step of the way. Trust the new shape and form of your world

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Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable.

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Love yourself just as you are.

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Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two.

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Accept yourself. Love yourself just as you are. Your finest work, your best moments, your joy, peace, and healing come when you love yourself. You give a great gift to the world when you do that. You give others permission to do the same: to love themselves. Revel in self love. Roll in it. Bask in it, as you would the sunshine.

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Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.

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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

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