Just do you – bonus post with download!

I wanted to leave you with some positive thoughts while I’m gone for the first few weeks of December, and in that timely way that the Universe does, a friend sent me this list of “Things to Remember” (see below).

I also made it into a PDF (here: Things to Remember) so that you can pull up and print off to read it each day. (It now lives beside my computer at work, along with a beautiful Mark Nepo poem I might share someday…)

It was an email, forwarded through workstations around the world, and sadly I do not know who to credit for this list. However, these are great things to remember and I feel that in sharing them the author will be rewarded with the love it evoked within me and within you as well 🙂

There are so many great points to remember on this list, and all of them resonate with me on a level that makes my heart go “YES!”, but my favourite among them is this very simple one:

“Just Do You”

This sentiment immediately washed over me with a feeling of calm, and a feeling that I am OK here and now.

It felt like a reminder…

• To never compare myself to another person, or to an image I see on a screen
• That no one else can be me, as I can be no one else
• That while I can change me on the outside, or learn and grow on the inside, I am still always and only me. So I may as well make peace with that now, and love all that I am and appreciate all that I am becoming… foibles and all.

I want to take this to heart and remember it each and every day.

Make peace with it right now… and… “Just do you!”

Beautiful!

Here is the list:

«  Things to Remember  «

«  Stop worrying. If it is supposed to happen, it will.

«  Allow yourself to be a beginner. No one starts off being excellent.

«  Don’t let your happiness depend on anything outside of yourself.

«  Stay close to everything that makes you feel alive.

«  Listen to your body; it will lead you to unlimited health.

«  Surround yourself with people who see your greatness.

«  Make peace with your past.

«  See all setbacks as growth and expansive opportunities.

«  Comparing yourself to others will hurt your health and steal your joy.

«  Don’t give up, EVER.

«  You always have a choice.

«  Stop chasing what’s not working.

«  Believe wholeheartedly in miracles.

«  Don’t postpone joy.

«  Trust the universe; it is working for you – always.

«  Wake up every morning with a grateful heart.

«  Remember things take time.

«  Always trust your gut.

«  There is no need to change people; just love them for who they are.

«  Don’t resist change.

«  Forgive yourself.

«  Your life is a creative adventure.

«  Release expectations and enjoy the journey. There is no destination.

«  Just do you.

«  You’re not broken or damaged. You are perfect just the way you are.

I want to add one more… You are Loved!

If you would like to leave me a comment about which of these was your favourite and why, I would love to read them and will respond when I return on December 12, 2013… so please click the comment box below and leave me your thoughts!

Have a wonderful few weeks!

Warm smiles and Love,

Ali Jayne 🙂