There are times in life when doubt can creep in, when you can begin to question your value, your purpose in this world… when you are ready to give up on yourself and your goals and dreams. And it is at this precise moment that you must be brave and remember your commitment to yourself… when you must remind yourself that you are the only YOU there is in this world… If you stop believing in who you are, if you give up on yourself, you may let special gifts, abilities and talents go to waste. You may be letting others down who love you and depend on your courage to be yourself. The world needs each of us, using those special gifts, interests, abilities…

It often takes a great deal of courage to BE yourself and DO what you feel you should be doing… to express yourself, to reveal the true YOU, to USE the special parts of yourself. Life is here, now, today. It is not a dress rehearsal… It is the real thing and it goes by pretty quickly! Don’t wait for the perfect time to use those unique parts of yourself to do what you feel you should be doing… Do what you were meant to do! Be courageous! Be true to yourself! Be true to your heart and what you feel deep inside! Believe in yourself!

~ Carole Carter – words and photograph