What better way to start off the year with a positive attitude. 2013 definitely had its ups and downs for our family and our community. Rather than focusing on the negative, I am going to start 2014 off with a positive attitude and say "2014 is going to be my year!"
I once read, the way you ring in the New Year is how you will spend it. Rather than spending the New Year partying in a bar or club somewhere, I have opted to organize a New Year's Eve Party and Potluck for our community at my church. What better and more positive way to start the New Year off right than to celebrate it in a family friendly atmosphere with your family, friends and community. I want 2014 to be more focused on doing things as a family and supporting each other as a family rather than doing everything as individuals.
This year, I am also competing for my fourth year for the title of Mrs. Colorado America. I feel more confident than ever that this will be my year to excel. Last year, I was blessed with two awards: Most Creative Ad Page and Director's Choice; however, this year, I want more....I want the crown. I already have two great sponsors: Dwayne Glapion (Grafxmd) and Samantha Koch (SK Makeup Pro) and am seeking other sponsorships. I have my orientation dress, interview dress and evening gown and hair stylist. I have never felt more prepared and I'm still over three months from competition night.
I started 2013 off pushing my advocacy, but began to slack off after the fire. I'm getting back in action in 2014 and pushing my dating/domestic violence awareness and sexual assault awareness advocacy even more in 2014. I am already working with a great person to put together a fundraiser in January/February to raise money and awareness for the NO MORE campaign and for Tu Casa. I'm in talks with some local middle schools to give a dating violence and building healthy relationships presentation and seminar. I'm also working on a video about my own story to put on my website and YouTube channel. I'm going to take my advocacy even farther this year.
All in all, 2014 is going to be my year, because I'm going to go into the new year with a new attitude. I have been a people pleaser in the past, but I've often found that while trying to please everyone, I lose who I am because what pleases them may go against my own personal beliefs, religious beliefs, wants and/or needs. Because I was a people pleaser, I always worried about what others thought about me and whether or not they liked me. This resulted in me keeping my own personal opinions or beliefs to myself, as well as allowing others to walk all over me. I have learned that I don't have to agree with everyone all the time and that if I can disagree with someone else's opinion and still like them, then they can do the same. And if they can't, that's their problem and not mine. I am going to stand up for what's right and for myself in 2014 and not let others opinions dictate who I am and/or what I do and/or say.
As a counselor, I encourage clients with certain issues to change the way they think. Rather than thinking negatively and focusing on the negative, I encourage clients to think about the positive and to focus on that. I also encourage clients to think positively and say positive things about themselves. Once you start thinking positively, you start believing positively and your life changes positively. In order to make 2014 my year, I'm going to think positively about myself, speak positively about myself, believe positively about myself, I am going to be my true self, I am going to work hard and above all else I am going to make my relationship with God and my family my top priority.
What are you going to do to make 2014 Your Year????
I leave you with some quotes I find inspiring....Go out and make 2014 your year!
"Go where you are celebrated - not tolerated. If they can't see the real value of you, it's time for a new start." - Unknown
"Don't be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone." - Unknown
"Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow." - Seth Godin
"Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can di it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning." - Mahatma Gandhi
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