My Sparkle

Hi guys!! I know it has been a while since I have posted--- oops! I am just working on a few longer posts that need more time to get completed so hang in there :)

Also, thank you for being here and reading-- I love you ALL!!

I just wanted to jump on here really quickly and share a little short reminder ---------

Recently, I have been working a lot at my job, class, working a TON on my blog, and I have been missing out on a lot of family events and social events because of it. Since I have missed a lot the people who care about me think something is wrong. The other day I was told, by someone who truly loves me, that I had "lost every bit of sparkle I had". They said this for numerous reasons and I respected some of the reason they decided to share that with me, but then I started to think about how many things they have missed going on in my life because they don't put in a lot of effort to see me either--- a lot because they have a life, too.

I go back and forth thinking about how I am trying to make so many people proud of me. My mom, my dad, my siblings-- grandparents, cousins, close friends-- and it IS exhausting.

(I know I am not alone in that feeling)

I only need to make one person in my life proud, and that person is me. Once I do that, I truly believe everyone else will easily follow and be proud. I never lost my "sparkle"... I still absolutely have it and it's not something I can ever lose. I know who I am and I still work on myself everyday, strive to achieve my goals, make others happy, and to be kind and helpful.

So never stop until you are proud of yourself--- everyone else will fall in line behind you.

Alexis Samuel