take this to heart

i think that this quote pretty much sums up the lessons i have been learning lately. (i stole this from Maria) he he Where does your happiness come from. Yes i think it is important to have people in your life that love you and care about and valdiate you, however we need to be happy with who we are and stop putting blame on those people when things aren't exactly the way we want them to be.

i want you to really read it and see how it applies to your own life.

"Often we find ourselves trying to find reasons for unhappiness and unsatisfactory results in our lives. Our natural instinct directs us to look outside of ourselves for an external outlet to blame. All the while, the blame lies within. Though it may be easiest and comforting to will the fault onto someone else, it is only creating a false sense of structure of the self. Happiness is a creation of the internal structure made of heart and mind. Satisfaction is created within the ability to place 100% of yourself into everything you do. With this as truth, it would be impossible to identify someone else as the culprit of the demise in your life. Accept the truth of your actions and you will find the ability to thrive into the next stage of your life while lessening the stressed placed on the most important relationships in your life."