MAY INSPIRATION
Hey Girls
I don’t often plan what I am going to say when it comes
to my monthly editors message. I am a bit of a wingit kinda gal and go with whatever is there when my
fingers hit the keyboard.
This morning I was thinking about how much pressure I
feel to achieve certain things in my life. But where does
this pressure come from?
There is pressure from my parents to be successful
and to be happy. There is pressure from my friends,
other family members, bosses etc. But when I really
thought about it, I realised that none of these people
really pressure me to behave a certain way. I am the
one who is placing this pressure on myself. I am the
one who thinks that I have to be a certain way to make
my parents proud of me. That my friends won’t like me
unless I go out to parties with them, even when I am
really tired and just want to veg out on the couch in my
pj’s for the entire weekend.
The pressure comes from me trying to prove to other
people, the world really, that I am good enough, smart
enough, kind enough, friendly enough, successful
enough...
No wonder I am exhausted! All that pleasing is pretty
tiring work. So I wanted to take this opportunity to
remind you that YOU (and me) are enough, just the way
we are and that our only mission in life is to be the best
person we can be - for ourselves! The irony is that this
is the person that everyone around us will fall in love
with anyway - our true self.
Keep it Foxy
Lee