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<\/a><\/p>\nMy life is good because I make it good.\u00a0 I choose<\/strong> happiness, I choose<\/strong> health and I choose to always have a positive outlook.\u00a0 To always search for the blessings in the mess<\/em>.\u00a0 My life is this way because I manifest it to be so<\/strong>.\u00a0 Even on my worst days, I know I have ultimate control on how I react to every situation.<\/p>\nIn regard to my health and my body: I work my A$% off to stay in shape.\u00a0 I work very hard to put only healthy things into my body.\u00a0 I am not perfect and I am very hard on myself.\u00a0 Anyone that has seen me eat numerous brownies in one sitting knows that.\u00a0 But I work really<\/strong> hard.\u00a0 These things do not come easy to me, so please do not assume I am a superhuman.\u00a0 I am just like you.\u00a0 I have my own struggles and you very well may never know what those are or what they have been, you don’t have to know.\u00a0 I just ask one thing of you, don’t assume others have easier than you.\u00a0 Stop looking outward and look inward. Take ownership of your own life, nobody else can change it for you.\u00a0 Only you have that power.<\/p>\nStay BLESSED in the mess \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THIS IS A RANT. Can’t say I didn’t warn you.\u00a0 Want to know what grinds my gears?\u00a0 The saying, “must be nice”.\u00a0 Want to know why?\u00a0 Because people VERY often say it to me in the following context: “Must be nice to have such an easy life” “Must be nice to be so skinny” “Must be nice to have a good job” “Must be nice to be so happy” Sigh.\u00a0 I wish I could tell you my life has been nothing but butterflies and rainbows.\u00a0 I wish I could tell you that I have never struggled with my own body image or weight.\u00a0 I wish I could tell you I have never in my life been depressed.\u00a0 I wish I could tell you I have the perfect relationship.\u00a0 But if I did, I would be lying.\u00a0 It is so easy to look at others and assume what their life is like or has been like.\u00a0 I have been down many dark holes\u00a0 in my short time on this earth,\u00a0 that at the time I did not think light was ever going to be possible again. Just because someone appears put together on the outside, does not mean they are not falling apart on the inside.\u00a0 I realized something a long time ago, I have control of my attitude, my happiness and my overall quality of life. My life is good because I make it good.\u00a0 I choose happiness, I choose health and I choose to always have a positive outlook.\u00a0 To always search for the blessings in the mess.\u00a0 My life is this way because I manifest it to be so.\u00a0 Even on my worst days, I know I have ultimate control on how I react to every situation. In regard to my health and my body: I work my A$% off to stay in shape.\u00a0 I work very hard to put only healthy things into my body.\u00a0 I am not perfect and I am very hard on myself.\u00a0 Anyone that has seen me eat numerous brownies in one sitting knows that.\u00a0 But I work really hard.\u00a0 These things do not come easy to me, so please do not assume I am a superhuman.\u00a0 I am just like you.\u00a0 I have my own struggles and you very well may never know what those are or what they have been, you don’t have to know.\u00a0 I just ask one thing of you, don’t assume others have easier than you.\u00a0 Stop looking outward and look inward. Take ownership of your own life, nobody else can change it for you.\u00a0 Only you have that power. Stay BLESSED in the mess \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}