Feel and be Real

I’m often caught in the midst of accepting and loving myself or striving for unattainable perfection in everything that I do. In some ways it can be good to hold myself up to a high standard and strive to be a better version of myself. However, at times I let it overpower the reality of what I’m actually capable of doing.

Recently though, I’ve been aiming for simply being genuine.

I define this as being honest, real and raw. I try to uphold good moral standing and work my hardest because that’s all I can do. I’m incapable of perfection and beating myself up about that is counter productive. And turns out – being genuine is something I’m really great at because I’m full of empathy and always have been. A huge part of being genuine is caring about and being true to yourself and the ones around you.

Feel and be real.

If anything, just be you. Be the best version of yourself as often as you can and give yourself grace when you can’t get it right every time. Working hard and doing your best (whatever that may be, because it varies within each person) always outshines all the other things. If you can lay down at night and say to yourself, “I did my best today” then you’re succeeding.

There are nights I lay down and there’s a pile of laundry on the couch, dinner plates left out on the table and kids crying in their bed but I can always say that I’ve tried my hardest. Some days are simply a lot more challenging than others and you have to spend more time making sure your kids eat dinner, than cleaning it up after. Or actually washing the clothes so they are clean, then folding them too. Or following through on house rules and letting them cry about it than caving and giving them what they want. {Or doing the opposite because, girl, you need to pick your battles with these little gremlins}.

It’s okay to make mistakes, it’s okay to be nervous, it’s okay to feel like you have a lot less together than that girl on Facebook with the stunning photos and seemingly perfect life {it’s not that perfect, that’s just makeup and lighting and highlights of her greatest moments only}.

Just do your best and be truly genuine while doing it. Feel and be real.