MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

FALL AND RISE

It’s not the falling that makes or breaks you. It’s what you do AFTER you fall. Whether you stay down or choose to stand back UP. Staying down is easy, although sometimes not as “easy” as it might seem. Standing back up is never easy, but the struggle is worth it to get back to your feet and put yourself back in the “fight”.

What you do after a crippling blow shows what you are made of. It can reveal character and the truth of who you are. It can create determination to never again allow such a blow and instigate a fire of change that sweeps through a soul and inspires them to a “higher” level. It’s the “aftermath” that matters the most, for the consequences of the choices made on that mat echo long after you have left it.

What are YOU made of? What do you want to BECOME? What do you want to be REMEMBERED for? What do you want your life to INSPIRE? The world watches every day; it sees the battles you fight, the wars won or lost, and it takes note of the warrior’s code and choices “responsible” for them, the example lived and the “legacy” being left. Make sure YOURS is a WORTHY one.

© 2015 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

YOUR SOUL

Sometimes our mind and heart and soul can be in conflict with one another – this can create confusion and chaos and when we have those, we can be scattered and restless, become doubtful of our path and mistrusting of ourselves. STOP. Take a step BACK and really look at what is going on. See the art for what is TRULY there – from a distance and not that up-close-and-personal perspective that we sometimes “blind” ourselves to see.

LISTEN. Your SOUL is from whence your real “truth” stems – it whispers its secrets and desires to your heart and your heart leads from there. LET your heart lead and listen not always to the “logic” of your mind, for sometimes logic is not always logical, and what is done on faith, although might APPEAR to have no sense, makes the MOST sense of all.

Sometimes the mind can cause distress in the heart – when that happens we seem “off” for our soul protests, our “instinct” knowing what it is we TRULY need and not what we THINK we do. Sometimes the “think” is a want, a stubborn thread not ready to be let go of, even if our soul already has, causing pain in the heart from the emotions it evokes. In such times you have to IGNORE your mind and seek deep the whispers of your soul.

LISTEN. Let your heart be filled with the truth of your soul - to surround you and seep into your mind, so that your all becomes in SYNC. When your mind and heart and soul are working as one, striving together for a common purpose instead of fighting against each other, then you will have clarity in your journey and the road ahead, even if you know not where it leads just yet, will be made that much clearer.

© 2014 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

YOUR HEART

“Sometimes God doesn’t change the situation because He’s trying to change your heart.” This really hits home, especially with everything that’s happened in the last quarter. I have to remind myself that “everything for a reason”, even when I am on my knees crying “WHY?! Why could You possibly want me HERE? For what purpose?” I don’t pretend to understand everything God does and why. Sometimes what He asks or wants us to do begs the question “WHY?!” but living on faith means we do trusting that HE knows what He’s doing.

The heart is a strange creature. Mine has almost always been hidden. It’s been locked up tight and guarded, like Sleeping Beauty’s castle surrounded by thorns, so no one gets in [and nothing gets out]. But He slowly started changing me in recent years and I let the determined “creep” their way inside. I let the “spell be broken” and the walls start crumbling down, the thorns gradually disappearing. Even as I kept a guard on watch, for still entry was to be granted only a rare few, albeit the world being able to “see” the tower and that there was a glimmer of light [not always cold] radiating from it.

But the day came when there was great destruction in the tower and the light did not glow as bright. There came a dawn of frost and a sheen of ice layered over the black. The storm passed, but not completely, and the harsh winds and vicious frost cause the ice to linger, even as the tiny flicker of fire inside the tower kept a small portion of it melted. The tower withstood the weather, retreating back away from the world despite remaining in the open, no longer as solitary as it had once been, seeing other towers in the distance, but realizing how isolated it had made itself and that only the truly determined would fight the elements and try to understand the terrain to make their way even to the base of the cliff that it rested upon.

It’s the little things that start adding up. It’s the glimmers of understanding that flicker in and out of view. It’s the moments of clarity amidst the fog that keeps one’s heart going, determined to make it through the storm, even if it doesn’t truly understand WHY. It’s finally realizing that sometimes God ALLOWS the storm and He KEEPS it in place until something INSIDE us changes, until WE start to change, until our HEART begins the transformation. It might take a day, a week, a month, a year, or longer, but He WILL take the time it needs to make the change. He WILL keep the winds blowing, the frost shivering, until that tiny flicker of fire is “fed” and allowed to light and heat more than a single room, shining light from the tower out into the world despite all that is going on around it.

© 2014 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

YOUR STORY

I am learning more and more about the power of SHARING your story. No one will ever know if you never tell. No one will ever know about the struggles you have faced or face, the darkest times you almost didn’t make it through, the obstacles you have overcome, the battles you have fought and fight, the life you have lived outside of their “impression” of what they see or think they know, if YOU do not let them know.

It took me a lifetime before I was “ok” in revealing and talking about some of the things I have been through in my life. For the longest time everyone thought my life was “perfect”, that I was always “fine” and I never corrected it, not wanting to shatter that illusion, even though I hated it because I WAS struggling. The world sees only what one has “accomplished”, but not the pain behind it, nor the motivator for it, or even the fact that sometimes to the one who has “achieved so much” those achievements mean nothing.

I shut the world out. That was the path I chose. I was the “machine”, “cold”, ”emotionless”, and no one ever thought I cared, or knew if I did. It was almost as if I was ashamed of what I have been through, the struggles, to admit that I was “weak” and needed help sometimes. And when I first allowed the vulnerability to ask for it I was laughed at and not believed, because no one ever knew the “truth” behind the face they all seemed so “intimidated” by, which was frustrating but also humbling.

It was not easy to share my “life”. It took more than some will ever know to reveal the “weaknesses” and dark times, the struggles and experiences, but it opened up something new, to both me AND others. I discovered that I actually became REAL to people and that they could finally relate to me, they in turn realizing that I was as human and flawed as anyone else.

Sharing my struggles, my weakness, the very things that I had been most “ashamed” of throughout my life, created a different kind of strength from a new understanding that I did NOT have to be “perfect” and that it was ok to fall and break and to let others know, because in those times genuine connections are made and people RELATE. Not just a strength or understanding, but a motivation and a BLESSING as well, in realizing that my sharing could help others, whether simply to inspire or just to open their eyes.

I know I’m not alone in how I was. I know how hard it can be. If someone asked me a question, sure I would answer, but I never VOLUNTEERED information about my life. But I have learnt that in order to truly grow into the person we have every potential to be, inspiring as much as we possibly can, sharing our weaknesses is one key that just makes us STRONGER, opens up more hearts than “doing” ever might, and in turn enables us to be able to touch and make far more difference in the lives we meet, and never meet, than we can ever comprehend.

© 2014 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

UNIQUE SPIRIT

God created you as an individual. He lovingly crafted every inch of your body and then chose especially the soul that would reside there. He whispered dreams and longings into your spirit that you alone would hear and be able to fulfil the need for in this world. He made you to stand out and be seen. He WANTS you to soar on the winds above the earth. He wants you to ride the energy of your own unique spirit, for when you do that, when you follow your soul on a journey even you might not know where, you are opening up your life to more power and blessings, you on the world and in turn being able to also see and receive them.

Refuse to let the world sully what He made with grace and love. Do not allow it to dull the gleam of your soul and clip the wings of your spirit. Stand firm and steadfast, strong in your faith, in Him and who you are and your purpose, understanding that the diminishing of your light affects not just yourself but those around you and whom you impact, knowingly or not. There is something inside you that only YOU can bring to the world, so do not let the world “take it away”, for it will only destroy what was pure and beautiful, turning it into something muddy and ugly. Do not let them desaturate your soul, but find your courage and strength on the energy of the healing winds of the heavens.

© 2014 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

HEALING

Let go so you can grow. You might have thought you had let go, your smile so bright and happy of late, before one moment happens that pulls it from your soul like the darkness snuffing out the light of a candle. Letting go is never-ending, day by day until your soul’s smile remains unaffected no matter what.

Focus on what will heal you. It has been a long time coming, a process you thought almost complete until that moment. Yet, you know that when you think of it there is no more pain and you can smile at the memories and that which once caused great hurt and destruction. Focus on you here and now.

Release your soul into the wild. Allow yourself to do the things you might have always stepped back from. Take the risks your heart might have desired but your mind always fought and so you never dared before. Free the bounds that might hold you back from experiencing all of life’s wonders waiting for you.

Live, play, love and let life. Let loose your inner child again to roam free without thought through the landscapes of life. See the magic in the smallest things and revel in the beauty of a simple smile. Let your laugh echo, the sound of joy and delight in the beauty of life’s surprises.

Trust it all to work out. You would not be who you are now without where you have been. You would not become the person you will be tomorrow without the choices you make today on what you will leave and what you will take with you as you step into it. Let yourself truly heal and see what miracles can happen.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

WALK ALONE

There are times in our lives when the best thing for us is to walk APART. You might be one who has always walked alone even as you are with others and there’s nothing wrong with that. Sometimes if those you walk with are not walking in the same eventual direction as you are, it’s better to separate and forge your OWN path or risk taking an extended detour or veering altogether from your ultimate destination.

It’s OK to walk alone. There’s a peace in stepping away from the crowd and making your own path, even though it will be harder and you may be criticized and judged harshly for it by those who do not understand it or you. Despite what the world thinks, it’s not about living for their needs, but ensuring that YOUR soul remains intact, as much as possible, because you cannot afford to lose it [again].

There is FREEDOM in walking alone. It can be harder, because you have to hold yourself accountable for every action you make, but when you are walking towards a vision, striding forward with a purpose, doing what you must and making no excuses becomes that much easier, because you know that in the end the only one responsible for where you end up is YOU.

It’s ok to LIKE walking alone and some of us have for much of our lives. Know though, that walking alone does not mean that you cannot allow others to join you on your journey, or that you cannot find delight in the pleasure of another’s company for a time, but your soul understands and accepts that it IS only for merely a moment in the space of infinity, no matter how precious.

Ultimately, you must do what is right for YOU. There is no shame in walking alone and it does not mean that you are isolated, even if you want to be and are for a time. There is no judgment in preferring walking alone and often it clears our soul, creating calm in confusion and reminding us of the reality of our dreams, so that we hold on tighter than ever as we BECOME.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

LIFE'S FLAMES

Life loves to test us. Sometimes it waits a lifetime to see what we are made of, desiring to surprise us suddenly to observe how we handle its disruption. Other times it seems intent on seeing how well we fare with what seems like setback after setback, to see if we’re truly what we say we are and to see what we can grow INTO.

Life can simmer or it can boil. It can allow your life to rest upon a single ember or it can immerse you in flames so hot you feel like you might burn up from the inside out. Either way, whether we survive the fire and how we come out reveals us to the world and sometimes to OURSELVES.

Life can create a monster or it can create a beast. The difference is that a monster knows no bounds to its fury and the havoc it wreaks based on the “injustice” it feels has been done to it, whereas a beast is a monster who realizes that every trial is a “lesson” and an experience with opportunity for great GROWTH.

Life can transform a monster into a beast. Once it quiets enough to understand and accept the challenges and struggles that face it. A monster of destruction can become a beast of growth, a far more powerful weapon because the difference it makes in the world creates an impact for the BETTER.

Life loves to bring chaos into being. Sometimes simply because it can, sitting back to watch what unfolds. Other times because there is a purpose, change to elicit the activation of the potential lying inside or the resurrection of the passion that might have almost died, so that we might become our BEST.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

TOWARDS THE LIGHT

No matter where you are there is ALWAYS a light SOMEwhere, whether near or far, in or out of sight. REMEMBER that. Remember that the darkest night has a dawn rising AFTER, the inky blackness of space is lit with billions of balls of light, and the darkest heart is not completely devoid of the faintest glimmer of light.

When hope seems dark look for the LIGHT and let it revive you. Let the light push away at the shadows inside, pressing down the claustrophobia clawing up from the depths, the heartache threatening to overwhelm again. Let the light RENEW your heart, its gentle peace REFRESH your soul, the happiness of your inner CHILD loose in the world to make it all a wonder.

Dark BALANCES light, but some souls have more of one than the other, the other half hidden or not even half, having to find or discover it. The light exists for even the darkest souls and when it is sought even the shadows can begin to fade from the glow that the dawn spreads from the INSIDE out. Never forget that there is ALWAYS a light for us when we lose our way and we can always turn TOWARDS it.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

NEVER TOO LATE

Dawn. Night fade away. Snow melting on the grass. Sunshine spreading rays of light over earth.

As the darkness recedes, let it take with it your fears. As the snow melts, let it dissipate the burdens that [might] rest upon your soul. As the sunshine illuminates, let it touch your heart and find the smile hidden inside.

There is so much history, but there is also a future. The past gave much love and happiness, but also great pain and sorrow. The future has not yet been written, but what we let walk with us into it will assist in determining how it plays out. Joy is found within and happiness is created from that joy, understanding that the choice is always yours and freeing your soul.

It’s never too late to be happy. All the time, no matter what hurdles life throws for us to leap over. It’s never too late to let that real smile out. Open and genuine, a lifetime of experience reflected in the eyes glowing above. It’s never too late to let yourself be the “child” of your soul. To let it dance and shine in the world, playfulness and wonder abound in every action.

You know what happiness feels like. You know what it looks like. You know what it can do.

It’s never too late to have and be and keep “happy”. Make the choice today and feel the change in your soul, the sudden lightness in your heart, the gentle calming of your mind. Let your smile face the world as you prepare to embrace the day and watch how your life changes.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

BELIEVE

Believe in your soul that He only wants the BEST for you. Believe in your heart that dreams DO come true. Believe in your mind that you have only just BEGUN your journey to happiness. Believe with your eyes what a GIFT has been given you.

Believe and never stop believing that GOOD things DO happen. Miracles ARE real and they are EVERY day. He only wants to BLESS you with what you deserve. To TRANSFORM your soul so that you are ready to become the person you were intended to be. The person who will change the world where you are, little by little, piece by piece, touching the lives of those around you, to make what different you CAN.

Believe in your soul that you are destined for GREATNESS. Believe in your heart that you CAN achieve anything you want. Believe in your mind that such joy as you desire is NOT out of reach. Believe with your eyes that the one standing before you is REAL.

Believe in the DREAM you find yourself walking in. Life CAN be a fairy tale is you open yourself up to the possibility. ANYthing is possible for the one who believes with everything they are, giving all they have, willing to step out one more time on the glass ledge and risk that they hold most precious. For NOT to risk is to potentially miss out on the greatest blessing that He ever intended for you to have.

Believe. ONE simple word. So much FAITH. BELIEVE and NEVER stop!

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

NEW

A year ago this date a pretty significant event for me occurred. It was significant in the mere fact that I even LET it happen. What followed began the journey of a heart opening up to life and the possibilities and dreams it had never dared before. A different type of strength was born, and emboldened by that strength a NEW creature began to emerge.

It is funny how fast time goes and how quickly everything can CHANGE even as nothing changes. I can look back and smile and feel that warm glow in my heart, even as that journey has ended and that creature no longer exists. I can look back and smile BECAUSE of the strength that still exists, even as it has developed and grown into something more than would have been imagined this date a year ago.

For this day is not this date a year ago. It is a NEW day. It is not a time for looking back except to remember fondly the happiness in such moments that were and learn from the experiences that sprung forth from them. It is a time for NEW strength to be moulded and new words to be written in a new chapter of this life.

With EVERY new day that dawns comes the opportunity for new adventures to begin, new dreams to be realized, new thoughts to be created, new strength to be born. It is a chance for RENEWAL of your soul, heart and mind, releasing what we have no control over to Him and taking accountability to change what we can make a difference in.

Every new day is the chance to CHOOSE to accept that the past no longer is, but that the lessons learnt are valuable. It is a chance to EMBRACE the new waiting, taking the strength you know exists and allowing it to let your smile be real, your heart to still hope, your faith to truly believe, and you to simply “be”, even as you will not let yourself stand still, constantly desiring forward movement.

As the new day starts take a moment to still your soul. Breathe in deeply and clear your mind. Seek the strength of your soul and pull it close. As it rises from within let it push away anything that would hinder your heart in moving FORWARD. Let your mind follow it, new footprints on sands wiped clean from the waves, new thoughts with new COURAGE at first a tiptoe and then a running leap becoming bounds.

New day. New strength. New thoughts. New beginning. New creature. BETTER YOU.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

DIFFICULTY CREATES OPPORTUNITY

Sometimes all you can see is what is going on NOW. You can so OVERWHELMED by your circumstances that you do not see the “good” in the bad, the “wonder” in the “heartache, the “opportunity” in the difficulty.

Roads to the best things in life are not always CLEAR. Sometimes they are fraught with devastation and destruction. Sometimes they are hidden behind obstacles and “road works”. Sometimes they are “over the hill” and out of sight. Sometimes they are disguised as “tests” that determine our true POTENTIAL.

Any time you find yourself in a difficult situation, no matter how small or large the situation, there is an OPPORTUINTY. That opportunity is for GROWTH. It can be mental, physical, psychological, or spiritual, but all intended for one purpose: To make you BETTER.

Every difficulty IS an opportunity to see what you are made OF, to perceive if you have what it TAKES to succeed at what you want in life, to determine the STRENGTH of your desire for the dreams you harbour in your soul, to know if you are on the “right” path to BECOMING.

“Becoming” is a CONSTANT journey, a perpetual purpose that you can spend lifetimes trying to fulfill. And lifetimes it WILL take, as many as is required to create a soul worthy of the potential bestowed upon it. Opportunity knocks on the door of that potential in EVERY difficulty, to see if it will answer, or be discovered and USED.

Sometimes it takes those overwhelming circumstances to see the path ahead, your next step, and to UNDERSTAND just how blessed you truly are. USE your difficulty to make you STRONGER and BETTER than ever.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

ONE STEP AT A TIME

It’s not always going to be easy. Especially the times when you think you are past something and have let it go, but then are suddenly thrown backwards and off kilter, realizing that you are not as “over it” as you thought. Life loves to throw us curveballs. It is cruel and unrelenting in trying to break us down, to make us crawl on our knees. Only it doesn’t want us to get back up; it wants to watch us break so much that we don’t want to get back up and fight. And it’s up to US to ensure that it sees no such satisfaction.

One day at a time. One STEP at a time. We seek strength. We push forward. We fight. We survive. Some days are easier than others. Some we wonder how we managed to get to this point. When we look back we see the path we have carved up the mountain of life, our footprints stretching behind us in and out of the waves on the endless beach of eternity. We have come so far, but we still have so far to go.

Whatever happens remember that YOU are stronger than your circumstances, You are stronger than the punches that land on you. You are stronger than those who try to bring you down. You are stronger than the storms that rage around you. You are stronger than you THINK.

Keep your head UP. Give your soul the room it needs to breathe and HEAL and grow. Surround yourself with only sources of NOURISHMENT for your soul.

You have got this. You will get through this. You can only get BETTER!

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

HERE NOW WITH THE POWER

You are NOT the person you were yesterday. You are not YET the person you will be tomorrow. You are here NOW, today, part of the old, to become the new, and have the power to CHOOSE what you will take with you from the past into your future.

You are HUMAN. You’ve made mistakes. You’ve got regrets. Welcome to life. The beauty of it is that you are not defined by your mistakes or regrets. You can move past those and embrace the promises and opportunities waiting for you to step INTO.

TODAY is up to you. Tomorrow today will become part of your past. It will be one step closer or one step further from where you want to be and the person you were meant to be. The choices you make, the memories you hold onto in your heart, the lessons you bring with you from the past, the experiences you allow to “shape” you, WILL mould you for tomorrow. Therefore, be wise in what you will and won’t allow, the battles you choose to fight and leave alone, the people you surround your heart and mind with, for it will all play part in the future.

You are what you ALLOW into your soul. You develop BECAUSE of your mistakes and regrets, the consequences that follow, the struggles that you battle. You want the darkness to ILLUMINATE the light, so that you come out BETTER than ever.

Your soul is the most PRECIOUS “thing” you have. It is your own and no one can make it into something YOU do not give permission for. Determine today WHO you want to be and filter in or out anything that has no role or purpose in that vision.

© 2013 Rosie Chee
 

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

IN YOU

When you’re feeling low or down on yourself, wondering what value your life holds and whether you truly matter to anyone, remember that you are important to GOD and that He has a PLAN for your life, a PURPOSE for your FUTURE. In you lies a destiny no one else can fulfill. In you is something that He needs that no one else can provide. You might not yet know yourself what you are capable of and what strengths you hold in your heart, but they are there, and they are there for a PURPOSE, for you were designed with a purpose when you were created.

So on the days when you feel like you could disappear off the face of the planet and it wouldn’t make a difference, know that it WOULD to SOMEone, whether you know it or not. When you wonder if your absence would leave a hollow in anyone’s life, if they would even NOTICE you were gone, think of all the people in YOUR life and imagine what it would be like without the key players, then see YOURSELF in such a role in THEIR lives and understand the TRUTH that you DO matter.

There are things inside your soul far GREATER than you know of. There are gifts and abilities in your being you are not even AWARE of. YOU MATTER. YOU ARE IMPORTANT. YOU HAVE A PURPOSE. When you want to shut your eyes and see nothing but black, remember that NO ONE ELSE CAN BE YOU. Only YOU can be you and do what you do and be who you will be. ONLY YOU.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

AMAZING THINGS

Sometimes we move through life so fast we do not give ourselves room to think, let alone breathe and “smell the roses”. Sometimes all the hustle is to cover up the fact that we are aching, the bustle to keep ourselves occupied from thinking. Sometimes we simply do not realize what we are doing until we suddenly stop for a moment and realize.

When we move so fast we can miss the things that are there for us, sometimes waiting, sometimes knocking on the glass, sometimes chasing after us, sometimes simply looking for the right moment. We might miss an opportunity we passed by so quickly we never even knew it was there. We might miss the stranger who could have become someone important given half a chance. We might miss what deep down we are truly seeking in keeping busy.

When we stop and allow our mind a moment of stillness we can hear that knocking, the pursuit, that little whisper inside telling us truths we might have been “running from”. We allow not just our mind rest, but our body too, allowing it opportunity to refresh as our soul renews. We can see what we’re doing to it and determine the steps to “right the wrong”.

Pausing, if only for what seems like a moment can be enough. It gives life a chance to “catch up” with the amazing things that it has been desirous of for you, the blessings He wants you to have, the opportunities that call for you alone. When you stop and rest you allow all the amazing things meant for you to finally reach you and when that happens, you can see your life start to change in new and different ways. Perhaps some you might not have thought to want or have again.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

SKY EARTH FIRE

The sky rests above me quietly, knowing that it is far from the “top” of my world, the vast endlessness of space stretching out towards INFINITY eons above it.

The earth softly hums beneath me, cradling my footsteps as I tread upon its surface, I knowing that there is far MORE below than on the surface, and life is just the same, what is seen not even close to the depth of reality.

The fire glowing inside, the simmering embers that still have the power to burn if touched, wait within this soul, seeking to let loose the potential that they hold, the raging fire that can become, spreading light to places far beyond my reach. The fire within harnesses the power of passion, the emotion of heart, the PURPOSE of life, wanting nothing more than to be free to flicker in the darkness of the night of the world.

The sky knows it is not the limit. The earth knows it is not the “bottom”. The fire knows that He who fans it is omnipresent and its “power” is ONLY because of Him and the strength He gives to it.

The Keeper of the Fire is and always was and always will be. He will never sleep or drift or die. He stills the fire when it is needed and fans the flame when He knows it is time. When the winds of the darkness of the world somehow find a way to creep inside this soul and blow the flames out, He keeps hope alive, if even in one tiny glowing spark, knowing that even the smallest and faintest of sparks can STILL alight the night again.

My limits are not placed on me in this physical realm. The sky, the earth – they are nothing compared to the fire of the human soul when it is set alight. When such soul has purpose and knows without doubt its reason for living, then it flares brighter than any dark of night, encouraging the souls around it to burn WITH it.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

BEAUTIFUL

Beauty is not something PHYSICAL, even though it is and can be. Beauty is something in a SOUL, the smile of a heart, the whimsical wonderings of a curious consciousness. Beauty is something your HEART has to see to truly know and understand. It is something that has to be EXPERIENCED and it starts with YOU.

YOU have to recognize that you are beautiful. Not just realize it, but ACCEPT it. Your beautiful might not be anyone else’s kind of beautiful, but it is YOUR beautiful. You have to see the beauty that OTHERS see. You have to acknowledge that parts of you hold MORE than you think.

You ARE beautiful. SEE it. It might take time to accept it, but you NEED to. You cannot truly be everything that you are meant to and COULD be if you do not. For when you do, you OPEN your soul up to boundless opportunities you might never have had the courage to notice and go after before.

You have to know and understand and accept your special kind of beauty to know and understand and accept yourself. It’s not vanity to know this. It simply means looking at yourself through another’s eyes and making those eyes your OWN, seeing yourself with another heart’s perspective.

Everyone is beautiful in their own way. You see beauty in OTHERS. Start seeing it in YOURSELF.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

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