To improve your life, you must improve. Be more kind, compassionate and loving to yourself. Give yourself grace. Live with gratitude. Empower yourself. Look after your health and well-being. Adopt a positive mindset. Change your perspectives. Pursue your dreams and passions.

Ask yourself honestly: what do you require to heal? Are you replaying and reliving the same trauma over and over again? Are you immersed in your suffering and pain? What would you need to do in order to heal yourself? What would allow you to come to terms with your reality? What would allow you to function in your circumstance, to make the most of things, as they are? Are you making things worse or better for yourself? Have you found acceptance over what you can't control and shifted your focus and energy to that which you can do? What is it you feel you need? How can you fill that need in the most positive, empowering way possible? Changing your mindset and focus can have a tremendous impact on the quality of your life. Work in your best interest, not against. It is your responsibility to advocate for yourself, to be your own friend, to engage in self-care. Self-care includes your emotional state, it includes your perspectives.

You are whoever and however you decide to be. You choose in every moment how to react, how to act towards others, and who you ultimately are. If you stop and take a look at that and decide you want or need to change, don't be afraid. You can start anew in the very next moment. It does not matter if you've been that way for 1, 10, 50 years, or more. You can decide to do things differently starting right now. All it takes is a decision. Yes, you may lose some people along the way, but don't worry, you'll find new people. Don't be afraid to own your life. Don't be afraid to be who you've always wanted to be. Be true to who you are. Don't be afraid of change. It may be bumpy and difficult at first, like anything new, but if you're determined and ride it out, you will come through it just fine. You are the only one who is responsible for who and how you are in this life. By becoming and being the best version of yourself, you will enhance the quality of your life. Your relationships with others will improve. You will have a more positive impact in this world. Everyone wins! What legacy will you leave? It is never too late to change. Love yourself enough to become the best version of yourself. Become actively involved in the present moment. Become aware of your place in it all. How are you in all of it?

Listening to other people's perspectives does not make your perspectives any less important. Listen more.

Instead of focusing on problems try focusing on solutions instead. We will always..always...have problems. Everyone does. We can choose to focus on all the problems we have. We can allow ourselves to get overwhelmed and discouraged. Or, we can empower ourselves: We can look at what we can do. What we are able to do. What steps we can take. How we can help ourselves. We can even ask others for help. We can empower ourselves by advocating for ourselves. We can increase the quality of our life and well-being by shifting our mindset. It seems small, but this can have an absolutely tremendous impact on our lives moving forward. Stop complaining about every little thing! Start celebrating every little thing you can with gratitude. Look at the positive side of things. Look at what you can do. Focus on solutions. Empower yourself. Seize the day!

Do what you feel is right. Do what you think is good. There will always be haters and naysayers. Just remember, their problem, is just that: Their problem. Don't take their criticism and negativity to heart. Don't put stock into what they say. No one knows you better than you know yourself. Trust yourself. Have faith in yourself. Be kind to yourself. Be loving to yourself. Throw up your shields and don't take that negativity to heart. Do the best you can, and with that sleep in peace every night. Deficient people, point out the deficiencies in others. People who are actively working on their own betterment are too busy to give negative feedback. Life is short. Make the most of it while you can. You deserve a good life.