Do you realize your potential?

She's so beautiful. She's so perfect. She's a piece of heaven. She is an image of God's perfection & love. Her life has so much potential and there are a million ways that she could change the world...

I'm not just saying this because she's my daughter. Don't we ALL say these types of things about every sweet little innocent baby we see?

Why, then, do we let go of those beliefs once we grow older?
{This is about to get --real-- people.}

Y O U were once this tiny little perfect baby. Y O U, from the DAY you were born, had so much waiting for you in this world. So much potential. So much impact. So much love to give and receive. So WHY have so many given up on this for themselves?

There are moments in our lives where we feel this potential for ourselves. Maybe for you it was in middle school. Maybe when you found your calling in college. Maybe when you got that promotion at work. Or maybe you have yet to feel this moment...maybe it's out there waiting for you.

And there are moments where we let go of it. I'm about to get real here, and it's only because I have vowed to live my life unapologetically and share MY truth, no matter what.

After Kennedy was born, I felt myself slipping away from this potential. I was blessed with incredible parents who always made me believe I could influence the world, so I always had this little voice in my pulling me toward greatness. But when my daughter was born & I looked in the mirror and saw an obese, quiet, self-conscious mother who was feeling completely lost and contemplating giving up on herself, I felt that potential was gone for me.

Honestly.

I figured my little life was now insignificant because I had let myself go. {{Crazy how our body can have THAT much impact on our thoughts and beliefs, huh?}}

I decided I had too much life left to live. Whether God's plan for me was for 1 more day or 80 more years, it was too much to just let slip away without making the most of it and loving every day of it.

BECAUSE I made the decision to grab hold of my health and my body-image, I found that stirring in my soul again.
BECAUSE I began the journey of body transformation, I stumbled upon the journey of LIFE transformation and TRULY 110% feel ALIVE and that I am living with great PURPOSE.
BECAUSE I never gave (give...it's a daily thing ) up on myself, I absolutely believe my life has incredible potential.
BECAUSE I made a commitment to a silly little challenge group that began September 16th, 2013, I now have passion, fulfillment, purpose, and a DEEP desire to make the most of this life and help others realize they are worth MORE than mediocrity and unhappiness.

See yourself as that perfect image that God created...that's what you ARE and that's how I see you. Even if you've given up on yourself, I haven't. I know your life can completely turn around and be so much greater than you've ever imagined. Your life is NOT inconsequential. You have SO MUCH great potential.

Right now I feel the deepest stirring in my soul to make waves in this world. I know I'm meant to do BIG things, and NOTHING can stop me from making them reality.