MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

DANCE IN THE RAIN

Even in the most trialing times of your life there is something to be THANKFUL for. Despite any grief or heartache there is always something to be JOYFUL for. Though storm clouds darken your soul and rain pours there is always something BEAUTIFUL in the darkness.

Life is going to be FULL of storms, of tears, of pain, things we cannot control that devastate us, even if we can never tell another soul. Life is not about THOSE things. It is about how you OVERCOME them, how you find strength, how you can still smile even though you might want to disappear from the world. It is about the way you GIVE strength to others who are struggling, the way you encourage them and motivate them to continue trying, the inspiration just being you can impact another life.

In times of struggle and strife, remember that after EVERY storm, following the rain, behind the clouds and up near the sun, there is a RAINBOW. There is a PROMISE that everything will be ok, that life will go on and that part of your life will pass as you move into the new.        

EVERY morning you open your eyes and find yourself alive is another chance to start your life. It is a “second” opportunity to CHANGE your perspective and view the world from a different standpoint. It allows you to have one more look at the BIGGER picture and see that you were standing far too close the first time, moving backwards to take it all in and understand that certain things have to happen in order for what is to come.

When your soul knows and trusts the path you are on you can find your smile in even the HARSHEST of storms. You will be able to step OUT into the rain and open your arms and spin around, embracing the tears that will wash away the old and usher in the new. When you DANCE in the rain, even though the world storms around you, you find a different kind of “freedom”.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THANK YOU

Thank you for being WHO you are. Thank you for the TIME that you gave. Thank you for what you SHOWED me. Thank you for OPENING my soul. Thank you for UNCOVERING my heart. Thank you for risking my MIND. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to step INTO who I am meant to be. Thank you for HURTLING me towards my destination. Thank you for the EMOTIONS. Thank you for digging DEEP into the psyche of the beast to find the beauty. Thank you for the LOVE. Thank you for EVERYTHING that has changed me in ways I never thought I could ever change. Thank you for whom without I could not be where I am TODAY. Thank you for making me UNDERSTAND who I am better than I might ever have known.  Thank you for forcing me to make a CHOICE. Thank you for the heartache that caused STRENGTH. Thank you for the tears that created RESOLVE. Thank you for allowing me to see the BLESSING in the pain. Thank you for the EXPERIENCE that determined the path my life now walks on. Thank you for YOU.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 267: "EASY"

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

"EASY"

You say I make it look so easy, that it’s easy for me, but how do you know what it’s like for me? Stop judging and making assumptions based on what something APPEARS to be, because what you see is not always the truth you THINK it is.

It might LOOK like it’s easy for me to you, but what you DON’T see is the PAIN I feel with every movement, every second, choosing to IGNORE and work THROUGH it, instead of giving up because it hurts. What you don’t know about are the YEARS of pain, the daily living in pain so much that it has become ACCEPTED as “normal”, that “easy” is the furthest thing it is for me.

But you do NOT see that. How could you?

I’m not going to tell you I’m so tired I can barely keep my eyes open. I’m not going to tell you I’m so exhausted that it’s taking all my energy and concentration just to stay standing. I’m not going to tell you the pain I’m in demonstrating something to you is enough to make me want to scream.

No, you just see me DO it and assume, creating an impression just as dangerous as an incorrect mindset. Unless you know, NEVER assume.

Live a day in my shoes and THEN tell me how “easy” it is. Live a day in my shoes and realize that I KNOW what it’s like to feel and be weak and helpless, but that I choose NOT to let it determine what I can and cannot do. Live a day in my shoes and UNDERSTAND that I am who I am because I CHOOSE NOT to allow my struggles to control me, that I FIGHT back, that I BELIEVE I CAN AND SO I DO, and that in the end the DOING makes it WORTH it.

I do it because I want YOU to see that it CAN be done, that YOU can do it too, that you ARE stronger than you think, that you DO have it in you to SUCCEED if you WANT to, that the struggle is WORTH it. I do it because I care, because I want to make a DIFFERENCE, because I want to lead by EXAMPLE, because I am who I am and this is what I DO. I FIGHT THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES AND SO CAN YOU!

© 2012 Rosie Chee