Life becomes sheer joy when you learn to love who you are.
You wake up in the morning, unburdened by insecurities and
fear, and jump into life with both feet.
You cannot do this, however, if you do not learn to love who
you were.
You must learn to accept that frightened, unsuccessful, long-suffering
individual you used to be.
It was that person, who took a big gamble, faced her fears
head on, gathered every bit of power he had (which was not much at the time)
and transformed failure and pain into survival and success.
Whom would you respect more, a billionaire who spends $1000
dollars on an idea, or a working class man or woman who scrapes together every
cent they have, perhaps skipping meals and walking around in old clothes to
come up with the money to finance their dream.
If both are successful, would you not think more of the hard
worker than the one who merely writes the check?
They may, actually, be
the same person.
The billionaire might not exist had the poor person not
taken a chance when they had very little to work with.
The worker is the parent, the hero, the one who took a
chance and made the tough choices.
It would be illogical for the pauper to hate his future
billionaire self. Yet, you often send your disgust and anger back to your
former self, the one who has so little to begin with.
Instead of rejecting who you were, send love to that brave
soul. Fall in love with the one who refused to give up.
Thank your future self for the success that has brought you
security and peace of mind, but do not fail to send gratitude to your past self
who worked tirelessly, (and from your future self's perspective, still does) to
change your life for the better.
Do this daily, and you will see your life getting better on
all levels. We promise you. ~Silas
