Towanda!

It's funny how easy it is to think that things must arise. That in order to accomplish happiness, specific things must come into play. I've noticed how much I use the idea in my head. "If only things were easier. If only these things weren't there, weren't weighing me down." Lately I've given up things.

Gandhi said, "Man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."

I've stopped thinking things, and started thinking haves. As in, "I have everything I need. I have it all in me, and I have the courage to become the person I am."

I thought in order to be this person, I had to have all these things happen. But I was wrong, I only needed to recognize that I have all that I needed in the first place. I just have to be. To do, to try, and to realize that I'm already there.

I'm changing my thoughts, and in the process I'm awakening me. It's much easier than I thought, but letting go was the hardest part. Giving myself that unconditional love to stop hurting myself. We all have a tendency to go there, to beat ourselves up, and judge our faults. But those things, they're not real. They're not the truth.

The truth is I have. The truth is I am.

So are you. May today show you that you're deserving all the haves you dream.

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