Life is a theater…Invite your audience carefully.

Not everyone is healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives.

Realize that some people in your life need to be loved from a DISTANCE.

It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of, or at last minimize your time with draining, negative incompatible, not going anywhere relationships or friendships.

Scrutinize the relationships around you. Pay close attention. Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth up hill and which ones are going downhill?

When you leave certain people, do you feel better or worse?

Who in your life always has drama? Who doesn’t really understand you, know you, or appreciate you for who you are?

Who always condemns, criticizes, or puts you down, even in little ways?

The more you seek quality, respect, growth, peace of mind, love and truth around you…the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the front row and who should be moved to the balcony of your life.

Remember…the people you choose to associate with will have an impact on the quality of your life and your moral, spiritual, and emotional well being. Only you can determine the nature of their impact. Will t be positive or negative?

Lastly, you must be careful in choosing the people we hang out with, as well as the information about ourselves that we choose to share with them. Don’t share your dreams with negative people, nor feed them with personal information which they can turn into something negative.

Who’s in your front row? -Author Unknown

Choosing carefully,
~Sonja

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Contrary to popular belief, strengths are those things that give us energy just thinking about them, energize us while in the act of them, and leave us with a renewed sense of energy once the task is completed. It can be, but not necessarily be those things you do well. What brings you joy no matter what? This could be something that you’re not proficient in. The key is that it brings you joy and leaves you pumped up with energy no matter what. People and those you surround yourself with can also serve as a source of strength because they energize you. Make sure you know who’s in your inner circle and who you’re giving your time and energy to. Are they building you up? Are they helping you achieve your goals as well?

Conversely speaking, weaknesses are those things that leave us drained…mentally, emotionally and/or physically. And, these could be things that we actually perform well. Have you ever had a job that you could do with your eyes closed? A job that you were often praised for and even received a salary for, but at the end of the day you were just left feeling drained? Although you performed well, that my friend, is a weakness! Just as people can be a source of strength, they can also drain you and rob you of your joy. They can be a weakness for you. Do they use you to achieve their lofty goals then find a way to get rid of you if they perceive you to be a threat? Or better yet, do they seek to build you up, only to tear you down, for their own self gratification?

I challenge you to start a new list of strengths and weaknesses…

Over the course of the next month, I’d like you to keep a journal. Jot down those activities and individuals that bring you joy and leave you with energy. Those are your strengths…Turn the journal over and upside down to record activities and individuals who leave you drained. Those are your weaknesses. The significance of turning the journal over and upside down to record weaknesses is to remind you of the precious energy that is wasted dealing with said weaknesses.

You make the choice. We only get one life. Is your preference strength or weakness? Take control of your life and live your BEST life…not good, not better, but BEST!!!

Choosing strength,
~Sonja