P E R S E V E R E | Design Life

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Sometimes things are going to go wrong and you won't know what to do about it. And that's okay. Sometimes you will have been the cause of your own suffering.
And that's okay too.

I would like for you to forgive yourself. Just for a moment, be okay with the mistakes you've made. Be okay with not being where you thought you would be by now. Be okay with yourself, as you are.

I would like to say that you are not defined by your past. But you are. As much as we would like to use our past as a justification for our failure or disappointments, however, we can't. Everyone has their own cross to bear. We all have ghosts that haunt in the farthest reaches of our minds, preying on our fears and doubts, brought about by past experiences. No matter how much we would like to, or how often we do, we can't use our ghosts to liberate us from our responsibility.

I am responsible for my approach to life. It's my choice whether to carry my past as a heavy burden, drudging with it across the chosen path, or to use it as a stepping stone or carving tool to forge greater promenades. I would like for you to choose the latter. People are made up of memories - constructed by recollection and the stories we tell. Our past echoes in the hollows of the songs we sing and the words we choose to speak. But, it is not impossible to dance in the rain.

It doesn't matter how far you go, you can never escape your past. You were never meant to. Instead, turn around and face it, head on. Do not let your past define you, let it be defined by you. You are the C R E A T O R . If you are unhappy in your present, it is most certainly because you have been disempowered by your past. Take back your power - tell your story differently.

It always seems impossible until it's done.
- Nelson Mandela 

A great life is not unaffected by screw-ups and let-downs. A great life is made up of P E R S E V E R A N C E . To persevere means to continue in a course of action, despite failure and disadvantage. Just for a moment, forgive your perceived mistakes and weaknesses. I am going to go so far as to tell you to learn how to love them. Because if you can learn how to love your flaws, nobody can use them against you. If you can learn how to love your past, you can learn how to love yourself.  And there lies infinite power in the beauty of loving the person stitched together by your memories.

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