how do you want to be?

Being goofy, one of my favorite ways to be…

I am always excited to start a new journal. First, I love new books- an entire book of blank pages that I know I’m going to fill excites me. Second, I’m excited to anticipate where I will be when I get to the end of the journal. 

When I started my current journal, I first wrote about who I am and who I want to be. Some of these I am now. Some of these are who I strive to be. 

I’m Christine. 
I’m a nurse. 
I’m a life coach. 
I’m tall and thin, and I’m working to be more physically fit and active. 
I’m middle-aged (if I live to be 90).
I do what I can to take care of myself and my family. 

I know myself. I rely on myself. I enjoy, love, and trust myself (a good thing, too, because we have a lot of time to spend together). 

I’m a homebody, and that’s OK because I have a lovely home to body in. 
I have plenty of gray hairs and scars and wrinkles from a life well-lived- in which I made it way more difficult for myself, but that’s OK. I did the best I could with what I had, and I didn’t know any better or differently. 

I’ve learned how to slow down to go faster, to have ease for more joy, and that gratitude creates grace. 
I have fun and strive for an extraordinary life. 
I’m resilient and reinvent myself, and I don’t hold on to fear, worry, or anger. 
I’m kind and loving. 
I help and serve others. I have years of experience helping others. 
I am calm, cool, and collected and know what to do. I can help you do so, too. 
I’m in control [of me]; I run the show and steer this ship. I can show you how to, too. 
I push when needed with kindness and respect. 
I am warm, and open, and loving. 
I have all the time in the world for you. 
I care about you and communicate directly with your heart, your inner hero, your true you. 
I am genuinely curious and interested in you; after all, we all have a story to tell. 

If you could BE anyone, possess any qualities that you admire in others, who would you be?