🧠 You are full of life

You are too full of life to dull your sunshine for those who prefer the dark.

Here are three mindsets to help you keep spreading your sunshine no matter what.

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- Case Kenny (@case.kenny)

1. This is why some people can’t meet you at your level

Listen to today’s podcast where I talk about why some people will always think you are “too picky” or “too _____.” I talk about why some people are incapable of meeting you at your level.

• The difference between them and you

• Don’t let their reality become yours

• Do they have a willingness to grow?

Listen here.

2. The beauty of life…

The beauty of life comes from being whole, not perfect. It’s having the audacity to carve your own path. Even when the world says to stay in line. Even when certain people can’t keep up with you. Even when you don’t know where exactly you’re heading. It’s making music or art simply because you want to. It’s opening your heart and letting new kinds of love in. It’s listening to other people's stories, learning new cultures, and tasting new foods. It’s being so ridiculously passionate and full of life that people think you're a little crazy. Whole, not perfect.

3. Struggling to forgive yourself?

What are you hesitant to forgive yourself for?

- Believing in potential with your ex?

- Trying and failing at that business?

- Not standing up for yourself, not asking for more, going back to someone when you shouldn’t have?

Those are common things that we tend to hang onto, and we resist forgiving ourselves for. But what do all those things have in common? Those were all moments where you trusted yourself. You trusted that compatibility was there with your ex. You trusted you had what it takes to try that business. You trusted that not speaking up, playing it cool, matching energy, going back to that person... was the right decision for YOU.

In that moment, you trusted yourself and you acted thinking it was the right move. Now with hindsight, you realize it wasn’t, but without much thinking, we carry around this guilt and this shame of having gotten something wrong. Let’s hit reset. We can hang onto weight like that forever if we hold ourselves to a standard of always needing to get things right in life - and if that’s the case… it’s no wonder it’s tough to forgive yourself. When you’re struggling to forgive yourself, you’re really struggling to trust yourself again. Can you give yourself another shot at trusting yourself?

That is forgiveness. You deserve to trust that your empathy is always well-served. You deserve to trust that your inclination to see the best in others is always well-served. Forgiving yourself means trusting yourself again, and you deserve to trust yourself.

My name is Case. I believe in the power of perspective.

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