What I know for Sure Sundays: It is never too late to put on your crown

Hello my loves,

Sorry this post went up a bit late today. I had an amazing time with my family today celebrating all the amazing mothers, including my own:

picture from our Broadway show date

We were blessed with a beautiful day here in the city and so my entire family planned a last minute BBQ in the park where we all got to spent some quality time. I just got home!

I could have skipped this post. However, today I had a conversation with one of my cousins that was a true eye opener. She is about to be a mother herself (currently expecting) and although she is not with the father, she is completely ecstatic to bring a life in to this world. We were talking about relationships and we got to talking about a 7 year relationship she had- the guy became part of the family after a while and then one day he was gone! I never got to ask her what happen with that but today she shared with me a lot of stuff and for that I was very grateful.

She advised that after some time she realized her life with him would have been a disaster and so, after 7 years, she had no problem breaking things off. She emphasized the fact that we only live once and there is no time to be wasting with people we know are not good for us. I loved her optimism and enthusiasm as she told me the story. It really made my day.

...and so, in the middle of that conversation I had a personal aha! moment:

Is never, ever too late to put on your crown <3

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What does this mean? It means that regardless of what we've been through, regardless of how many times we have fallen, regardless of how many times we knew we had to move on but did not, regardless of how many times we put up with things we shouldn't have, regardless of anything you can think of-- is NEVER too late to realize your true worth, put on your crown as the queen that you are and keep.it.moving. As my cousin stated over and over--- you only live once. people will always have something to say. Live for your own personal happiness and no one else's.

And so, I couldn't end this day without sharing this amazing message with all my wonderful followers. I will keep it short. Have an amazing week!

Love,
Mabelle

What I Know for Sure Sundays: Do what makes YOU happy

One thing I have learned in life:

Regardless of what you do or don't do people will ALWAYS have something to say-- Either you're too skinny, or too fat, or too tall, or too short, or too arrogant, or too shy, or too ambitious, or too careless, or too loving, or too dry. People will always have an opinion. Hence, do yourself a favor and make a conscious effort to always do what makes YOU happy. As long as you aren't hurting anyone, your happiness should always come first.

Remember that at the end of the day, you're the one that will have to deal with the decisions you make in life. No one else. You are the one that will go to bed at night and wake up in the morning with the consequences of your actions- or lack thereof.

Dont smother your dreams, don't smother the best in you-

Steve Jobs had some incredible things to say about this:

If you haven't seen the commencement speech he made a Stanford years ago, please take some time to watch it. You'll remember this message forever. Check it out here.

How ironic, I just realized he made this speech, the same year I graduated from college.

So, in summary, this is what I know for sure:

Everyone always and will always have an opinion. Hence, for life decisions, listen to yourself, to your instinct and follow your own heart. <3

Tell me-- have you ever done something (or not) based on someone's opinion? what happened?

Love,

Mabelle

What I know for Sure Sundays: Emotional Independence

Hello my loves,

It is one of the most beautiful days of 2015 today in NYC. Hope that wherever you are the day is just as beautiful and if not, that you are making the best of it regardless.

Today's WIKFSS post will be short, sweet, and straight to the point. One of the people I follow on instagram, posted this question the other day:

"Who are you waiting for to be happy?"

Having Emotional Independence should be one of the most indispensable, sought after, valuable traits for anyone in this world. Having loved ones around us- an spouse, parents, siblings, quality friends, and/or people we love in general is amazing. We all should have people we love around us.

However, there is a huge difference between letting someone have so much power over us that our happiness or lack thereof depends on them V. having someone that complements our naturally happy state and just makes our life that much more amazing.

Life experiences have taught me that we should all focus on being happy within ourselves, loving our solitude, having a blast on our own.

Learn to be happy on your own and only allow people in your life that make your already wonderful life even more wonderful.

With that said, this is what I know for sure:

NEVER allow your happiness to depend on a person, or a thing, or anything else that's not already within YOU.

In this life, we should spend time with people that love us (and show it), that make us more joyful, that empower, motivate and excite us. People that make our stand-alone amazing life even more amazing. Everyone else should be love from a distance. 

We should all discover the power of Emotional Independence. 

And that's all my loves. Hope you all have an amazing Sunday and an even more amazing week.

Love,

Mabelle

What I know for Sure Sundays: The Choice to resurrect in our own lives

I wrote this post about 12 hrs ago on the blogger app but didn't post. My apologies for the delay.

Hello all!

I am happy to say I was able to attend early mass with my mom and heard such an incredible message about the meaning of resurrection.

I was inspired for today's "what I know for sure Sundays" post.

In today's word, it was explained that "the cross" can be a metaphor for many things-- sadness, depression, hardships, overall hard times. We have to remember that just as Jesus had to carry the cross as he was forced to make his way to being crucified; he eventually freed himself from it- from all the pain and hardships- and came back stronger than ever before. 

Hence: moral of the story; when facing hard times, remember all is temporary and everything comes to an end (something I've mentioned many times here on the blog because I know this for a fact).

Work hard to free yourself from that cross. Keep a positive mentality. Is not an easy task by any means! I know this is easier said than done, but make a conscious effort and take it one moment at the time if you have to. Walk towards freedom. Walk towards a better present and future. The past is done. Is dead.

Leave it behind and start fresh with each step going forward.

With that said, what I know for sure is:

"If we have the privilege to be alive in this wonderful world; we have to remember that from time to time we will have to face hardships (our cross)- however, we'll ALWAYS have the choice to prevent the cross from damaging us and instead, choose to resurrect in our own lives". 

And that's all my loves. I will keep it short and sweet today. Happy Sunday and happy Easter.

What hardships can you start resurrecting yourself from today?

Love,

Mabel