Hello Readers
High standards are negated by low living and comparisons.
In some cases the world is not ready for certain people when they show up, but that shouldn’t stop anyone from trying to achieve the best version of themselves as possible. We don’t gain anything by lowering the bar, only failure and disappointment.
Let people be what they want to be whilst you focus on yourself.
You are not responsible for how other people behave and act. You alone are responsible for your own actions and for living up to the standards that you have set for yourself.
Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. In some cases very difficult standards for people to live up to and many never manage it. Look around you at the people you spend the most time with and if you find yourself in a rut, realise that your life can’t rise any higher than your friendships, so perhaps it’s time for a change of direction. If you don’t put down strong boundaries or set a baseline standard for what you’ll accept in life, you will find it’s easy to slip into behaviours and attitudes, or a quality of life that is far below what you deserve or what is good for you. Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
It’s tempting to try to hold people to the very same standards we hold ourselves to. But it’s often counterproductive because sets you up for constant disappointment and this is often a true reason why certain relationships and friendships end. It’s important to be tough on yourself, but understanding of others, and that is exactly the key. Your standards are for you, no one else. Its not about judging other people, it’s about you striving to improve and be better today than you were yesterday. It’s about being strict with yourself and forgiving of other people. That’s not only the kind way to be, it’s the only effective way to be. It’s the only defence to being constantly upset and let down. If we don’t fight for what we stand for with our passionate words and honest actions, do we really stand for anything worth speak about?
Someone out there is looking for exactly what you’ve got and will never try and undercut your value or question your worth. Some things in life just can’t be bartered over or placed on the sale rack, and your self-worth is at the top of the list for being the most important. Everything else comes after that. We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
Love and light,
Linda and the Lulas xxx
