Shine like the moon

I love quote books, I probably have twenty of them.  I have a pintrest board dedicated to sayings I love; I have a page on my website that has quotes I am inspired by.  The reason quotes are so special to me is because the good ones remind me why I do what I am doing and they say it in such a pretty way.  I think I read quotes every day; some are good, some need some work, but I find great value in others words- and I hope that there are people in the world that find value in my words.  Today’s quote is “the moon could not go on shinning if it paid attend to the little dogs that bark at it” –anonymous.

How many times have you had an idea, or done something that you thought was amazing but the “little dogs” barked at you and you began to question if what you did was the right thing? I know I have done this before, but I still struggle with this sometimes.  We all need to be validated in what we are doing and that what we are doing wont mess up the rest of our lives.  I decided to move without consulting anyone, but I had to make sure my parents and friends supported me before I actually left, I needed someone to tell me that this wasn’t going to be the biggest mistake of my life.

Taking the risk to make this move was me trying to shine, but I was letting the little dogs that live inside me head bark and bark and bark. I love shining, just ask anyone who knows me, I like to be the center of attention and glitter is my best friend – I like to sparkle; but even I struggle with being able to shine like the moon.  To me be able to shine like the moon is knowing that you will be just as beautiful and brilliant day after day.  Shining like the moon is a constant, not just on the days that you feel like it. Even on the nights when you cannot see the moon you know it is there, and you know that I will come back. 

Being like the moon is not an easy thing to do, but I know that we all can do it.  The moon has cycles and some days it shines brighter than others, and occasionally the clouds or city lights get in the way of the glow of the moon; just like how we sometimes let the bad things we think are happening in our life get in the way of allowing us to see all the good that we have in our lives.  This past weekend my family came down to help me move in, I spent most of Sunday morning crying because I knew they were leaving and that I was going be alone and miss them greatly, I was letting the clouds block the moon; but we went to breakfast and there were these two little red headed girls that were giggling at their dad, which made me laugh, it was at this point where I had a break in the clouds and I could see the moon shining.

Sometimes we let the loudness of the dogs barking and the clouds that are around us stop us from shining and showing the world how amazing we are.  We all need to shine, and hopefully we will shine a little brighter today than we did yesterday.  The moon is an amazing thing that everyone in the world enjoys and love, and you are also an amazing being that everyone in your world enjoys and loves.  Be the moon, shine bright even when the dogs are barking and the clouds get in the way; because you and I both know how amazing and beautiful you are.

Shine like the moon,

You have it all & Confidence,

Lyndsay