Let's Begin With the End in Mind

In the final hour of 2020 and the year of the Covid 19 pandemic..Let us begin with the End in our minds..because we are not promised tomorrow.  IF....I only had today..what would I want to share with my son...or with the world?  Here are the top 6 things I would share..

1. You are ENOUGH 

2. Do not allow others' opinions of you to be bigger than your own (they are NOT always correct).  

3. Have a meditation practice to include self-compassion. 

4.  You will make mistakes- let them be your opportunities for growth and improvement instead of your downfall.  

5.  You only get one body-learn how it works and how to take care of it.  

6.  The adults in your childhood didn't always know the right things to do or say to support you. 

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