BE YOU
You were born to be real, not
to be perfect. You are here to be you, not to live someone else's life.
Every day you make some progress and every
day you make a few mistakes. Through it all, your wisdom continues to grow and
your experience continues to broaden.
Be gentle with yourself. Accept who you are,
where you have been, and what you have to work with, for in this moment you can
make positive use of it all.
Reach in and touch the purpose that makes you
feel most alive. The world around you is filled with places where that purpose
can do great things.
It is never too late to offer your unique and
genuine gifts to life. Now is the time to do great things, even in the smallest
of ways.
Choose to fully and graciously live life as
it comes. The richest rewards by far are the ones to which you most sincerely
give of yourself.
-- Ralph Marston