eCREATIVE MAGAZINE JANUARY 2016 | Page 8

eCREATIVE by Steven R. Thornton Sometimes experience is the best teacher. Life is full of the unknown and human nature instinctively yearns to explore and to discover newness. On the pursuit of joy and happiness, one must experience lows and hardships. However, it takes a powerful soul to overcome the negative and to keep charging ahead with the goal of achieving success on an individual basis. No one can tell you how your journey will fare. These are some of the lessons learned from 2015 that can help us all create a better 2016! Love, forgive, and dream big! Self-confidence goes a long way in developing the true “YOU.” Once you are equipped with self-confidence, you then take more chances. What’s the old saying? Nothing ventured, nothing gained! Those two paired together will help you experience life at it’s fullness, no matter how uncomfortable life may turn out. We spend so much of our lives planning, negotiating with ourselves, looking so far ahead, that we actually do not experience the joy in our current moments! Stop! Breathe and take time to find joy, love and warmth in your loved ones, friends, and experiences. Life is fleeting. Don’t let over ambition get in your way of living in the moment.