My Personal Manifesto....

-To be true to myself; to have no need for the approval or validation of other people.

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

-To let my kids constantly know how valued and loved they are.

-To not take things personally; what others say and do is a projection of their own reality.

-To constantly let the many good people in my life know how grateful I am for them.

-To serve others every day, be it small acts of kindness or big.

-To see mistakes as feedback, to adjust my aim, and to try again.

-To make my home a peaceful place where one can come in from out of the world.

-To make healthy lifestyle choices.

-To always remember and accomplish my goals throughout life.

-To make everyday an adventure.

-To remember the best things in life aren't "things."

-To look at everyone as someone's child, sibling, spouse, parent; a child of God.

-To laugh instead of cry.

-To remember that I cannot change the way I feel inside by changing the outside.

-To persevere.