"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive."
Maya Angelou
This week was as slow as it was busy. Being home was strange because I was not used to it, especially in California where I haven't been in quite some time. It is fun to be able to help out with my family along with hanging out with my sister, something that I miss the most when I am away along with the snuggles from our dog Snowball. Being back also has allowed me to focus more on blog posts that I will be releasing shortly. But I also got a chance to relax just a bit before I start competing, summer school and eventually working in June and all of July so a moment to let my mind wander and relax before everything is very welcome. That isn't to say I have stopped training, every day I am making sure to keep up with my physical training along with my tennis training and it is showing day to day. I am so excited to be getting on the court this weekend for my first tournament in a long line of tournaments that I am super excited to play!
SPOTLIGHT!
This week I want to spotlight the power of self. In life, it is up to us to determine how we want our lives to play out. As much as I believe in fate and how fate plays a role in everyone's life I also believe that fate can only open doors. It is however our job to walk through the doors that it leaves open. This is the power of self, the choices we make to walk through the doors that are opened to us. But to master the power of self is another fact entirely. It is a mastery of the mind, of doubt, of fear, and insecurity. This is something that takes both time and lots of consistency in fighting oneself while trying to find oneself. In my life, I have seen people who have given up their power of self but also ones who have found their power of self, and in most of the cases I have observed the difference between the two have been very little. One decides to not sleep enough the other too much, one has a passion while the other decides to simply exist, but neither is complete and neither is empty. In some cases, the most put-together people can be the most broken and the biggest smiles can hide the darkest interiors of a person's mind so who has found the true power of self? The power of self to walk through the doors that fate has made for us but also to be able to "create" doors where fate might not believe we can go but has left the outline in the wall to be built. The true power of self isn't only mastering your life, it is living it to the fullest it can be. Being consistent in telling yourself "I can do this" and doing it. Not laying in bed and dreaming but making them a reality because why not?
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