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I Want To Live Every Bit Of The Encouragement I Pour Into Others

A Birthday Wish

3 min readJun 25, 2021

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man holding birthday cake as a woman blows our her candles
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I recently celebrated my 46th birthday and as I’ve been reflecting on life.

I’ve realized that I haven’t been living by the same inspirational creeds I’ve loaned out to others. I’m pretty sure you’d agree that it’s so much easier to be on the giving end of an inspirational pep talk. Then it is to live the same encouragement for yourself. It’s easier said than done, is what we say in that regard. At least I have and I’ve come to a point in my life where that has got to stop.

Why is it so hard to take to heart your own advice?

Why is it so difficult to take action towards the change that will guarantee better results? I just don’t understand. But what I know is that I don’t want to continue to feed into this downward spiral of missed opportunities. I refused to continue blocking blessings and deny finding out what I’m capable of. I feel an absolute urgency to start living every bit of the same encouragement — that I’ve somehow convinced myself is better suited for everyone else but me.

I know I’m not alone in this regard. There are so many of us out there passing on the gospel of change. Encouraging the next generation of…

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Hey, Write Girl
Hey, Write Girl

Written by Hey, Write Girl

Hey, y’all 🙋🏽, I’m just a cowtown-cowgirl from TX. The dirt I kick up stains my boots. Here to write, be read & make a few pen-friends. That’s all, that’s it!

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