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for the first time in a long time i am all of these things! it might be silly, but i feel like i want to let the whole world know. or at least the beautiful souls who are reading this right now. after being an unhappy, unshiny version of myself for so long, it is a refreshing change and one that i am proud of. life is too precious for us not to be happy, bright and ourselves. if you're not these things, and you want to be, stop doing whatever it is you are doing, and make some changes! remember this happiness graph? well i've been trying to follow it. i still have a little way to go  but i've been making small changes and new choices, bit by bit, day by day, and it seems to be working. i've come to realise that my life is good and i've started to believe it is has even better things in store for me. 'the best is yet to come' i'm sure of it. i feel passionate and motivated at work, i have more energy thanks to eating well and exercising, i laugh more, i am grateful for all the things i have, i am trying really hard to stay on track with saving, life is busy all the time and if anything, there aren't enough minutes in the day to do all the things i want to do, like keep in touch with all of my amazing friends and family, near and far. i feel especially loved up every time i think about many of my close friends who are set to marry their best friends. and i get excited that one day, in the very distant future, that might be me. before that happens, i hope to travel, meet new people, make memories, move forward in my career and become a better person just to name a few. oh... and i hope i can work out how to stop staying up so late!  getting to sleep sooner is one thing i am yet to do but it's on the list. so before i go and do exactly that, i want to share this quote by nelson mandela. there are parts of it which should resonate with all of us. not so much the parts about god for me, but i do love it all the same. 'we ask ourselves who am i to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? actually, who are you not to be? you are a child of god. your playing small does not serve the world. there is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. we were born to manifest the glory of god that is within us, all of us. and as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. as we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others.' tomorrow let's all be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous. ♥