Sometimes, silence is the best answer. Look after yourself. Be loving and kind to yourself. Give your time and attention to that which you can change. Don't invite drama to steal away your inner calm and peace. Most arguments are not worth attending. Focus on love and loving action instead. Before you react, especially from a place of emotional volatility, ask yourself: will this help? If not, leave it.

Think about this. Your reality is whatever you react to. If you don't react either positively or negatively does it even enter into your realm of reality? I am not saying it doesn't exist, I am saying it is no longer a part of your experience. Reactions are not bad, as long as you have them with conscious awareness and realize that -you- ultimately are in charge of how you feel about whatever you encounter and perceive. You decide your reaction, no one else. Your reaction creates your reality.

I can't control what happens on the outside but I can learn to control what happens on the inside. We can learn to control how we react, how we think about things, and ultimately how we feel about things. We can learn to set boundaries on how much we let what happens outside of us, affect us. You can be emotionally vested in your life, while not allowing yourself to fall apart when things are difficult by deciding what you let past your barriers. It is not to say you will never have suffering, or that you should deny all suffering. Rather decide how much, and how long you will allow your own suffering. It's about reclaiming your power through personal responsibility. Accepting the responsibility you have to yourself. To look after yourself, to advocate for yourself, to seek the highest quality of life possible by controlling your state of mind to at least some degree. It's to be mindful of who you are and what you're doing and the affect of that on you.

Life is a lot easier when you make peace with yourself. When you forgive yourself. When you stop tormenting yourself over the past or things you have no control over. When you live in acceptance of who and what you are instead of fighting with yourself every day. Loving yourself is vital. Love will heal your heart and the relationship you have with yourself. When you find peace with yourself, when you learn to love yourself everything in your life will be so much easier. You will have a stable place to work from. You will have a home within yourself. You will have a greater inner strength you can draw from. Make peace with yourself first.

Success is a lifestyle. If you want to be successful you need to operate at your optimal level. You need to consistently be taking care of your mind, body, and soul. You need to address your fitness, your nutrition, how much quality sleep you're getting, your mental state, your stress levels, what you're occupying your mind and time with. Success has to be maintained. You have to push and in order to push, you need to build a lifestyle that gives you an edge. What are you doing to give yourself that edge? Are you giving yourself the best chance possible by leading a lifestyle that empowers you to be your best?

Let go of all the drama, all that is superficial, all the worry over things you have no control over. Let go of the past. Don't lose yourself in competing and comparing yourself with others. Don't lose yourself in consumerism, in greed, in the acquisition of wealth. What matters the most is that you live. That you live as you, that you live IN your life as your genuine self. Don't put off living. Don't wait until the end of the day to enjoy a couple of hours of life. Don't wait until retirement. Be in whatever it is you do. If you can't, then make every effort to change what it is you do. Whatever you do, do it with care, concern and love. Don't over-complicate your life. Keep it as simple as you can. Do what you love as much as possible. Love what you do as much as possible. Love yourself. Appreciate yourself. Appreciate every drop of life you receive and make the most of it by not shying away from life. Life is meant to be lived. Don't forget to live.