Rock the 3 A's

Here I am again after a long, very frustrating and non-productive day, adding on top of that the fact that a woman who bumped into me qualified me of a “petite person” short after apologizing

( -__-“). Then for me not to get her wrong added: “you’re very sweet; I hope you don’t get walked over by people… I’ve always wanted to be a petite person you know” with a quite nice and polite smile. I think she wanted to be friendly and make it sound adorable but really how adorable is it to say to someone “aaaawww you look like a gnome! That’s so cute” really?? Epic fail…  VDM (French equivalent for FML).

Jeez… I just realized today how hard it can be sometimes to keep your composure, look at situations with touch of optimism and just keep going on trying to make things work the right way. How much courage it demands to stay on your feet when everything brings you down to the ground, when the wind is blowing in your life putting everything upside down. How much strength it requires to accept that you failed today and tell yourself that tomorrow things might work better for you.

Life is not always easy, things don’t always turn out the way we would like them to, and surely they are not the way we would have imagined them to be. Whether it is a job loss, the death of someone close to you, your everyday struggle to get your life back together or a relationship from which you walked off with a broken, scattered heart, despite all your tries to save it, it is demands a huge strength and an enormous courage to get back on your feet and keep moving.

Most of the time when a door closes in our life, we tend to focus so much on it, hoping it didn’t close, mourning on what we lost, living in the pain of our past memories tand we tend to not see the new doors opening of us. We miss so much opportunities that could make a difference in our lives, in where we stand just because we hold on to what we have already lost, asking ourselves “what if I hadn’t turned that way?”. Well it did, it is sometimes not fair but it’s life and what you would do to make things right again and get back on your feet depends on you, on how you look at the situations you go through.

In this matter Neil Pasricha inspired me in his video talking about the 3 A's of awesome. For him living an awesome life despite all the wrongs you could encounter in your life comes down to only three words: Attitude, Awareness and Authenticity.

Attitude: how you decide to look at not so fortunate situations that happen to you: do I want to look miserable, get constantly kicked in the butt by life or you can decide to accept whatever that happened that you cannot change, get back on your feet and face your future with fierceness and optimism, believing that brighter days are still awaiting for you ahead no matter how hard it is.

Awareness: be aware of what is surrounding you, take time to stop and rediscover the world, things you used (and probably still like) like the first time you saw it. You will find out that there are more than a 1000 awesome small things such having the last piece of a cake, be the first one in a line to buy a newly released product or find a 20 dollars bill in one of your jeans’ pocket when you were desperately looking for a 5 dollar bill to get a coffee, have a good sit at the movies. These small things are there to put colors in your life when all is dark and make you want to consider that if you can stop for a minute and enjoy what you have, you will find out that you have more reasons to smile than to cry.

Authenticity: practice on the F.L.Y (First Love Yourself) motto, dare to be different and turn that you being different into something awesome! Talk about stuffs you love, get involved into conversations you enjoy, get around people you love seeing and talking to, just listen to what your heart tells you and be true to yourself.

At the end of my day I was frustrated, irritated and almost dragging myself to on my way home. But then I got home, sat at my computer desk and went through Neil's blog, I found a 1000 reasons to smile while life gave me today probably more reasons to cry and give up on my dreams. I found happiness, I found courage to stay on my feet and keep fighting my battles because they are many  things to be happy about and grateful for.

So keep in mind that a great attitude, awareness and authenticity can make a big change in your life, in where you stand today and where you will end up tomorrow. So don’t give up, keep fighting, keep believing, keep pushing until you get the awesome life you deserve. Rock those 3 A's