You are more than enough

“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” 

― Vincent van Gogh

Many people come and go through out your life. Would you like to inspire people or discourage people? Would you support people or reject people? Would you help others grow or keep them away from their full potential?

I was honored to witness a turning point for someone who inspires me. She preaches and practices what I believe in. Not only saying it, but actually doing it. I don't actually know her that much personally. I've taken her lessons and watches the video lectures. So, it does make me feel like I know her to the certain degree. She is beautiful inside out. And her message from last night for us was this. 

"YOU ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH.

And you are exactly where you need to be."

We live in a competitive world. Maybe not. But we do compare ourselves to others a lot more than we should. We look at other people's life and wonder why am I not where they are at? We look at their highlights and think, "I am not good enough". I am not this and that. I am too this and that. We keep comparing ourselves. But who makes that judgement? US. We are the only person who's standing against our own happiness. We all have different purposes, why should we be the same? Why should we compare? Have you seen Lego movie? When they are all acting, behaving the same. And the one that was different thought that he's not good enough, that he doesn't belong. Guess what happened in the end? He saved the world. Not because he belonged to the certain social group or religion, or he's the same as others. Because he is different. What makes him different that's what exactly gave him the strength and inspirations to move forward and to fight for what he believes in. We might have same goal as someone else. But do we have the same purpose in our life? No. What the one person can convey, you may not. And it goes the other way around too. Why do we constantly think that we are not enough? Getting straight As doesn't mean that you are perfect. Having billion dollars doesn't mean that you are worth more than everybody else. We all make mistakes. Some mistakes are bigger than the others. Some, you still regret. Some are the things you've done. Some are things you haven't done. Whatever it is or wherever we are at this point in our life, "We are where we need to be", just as she said last night at the lecture. We can only live in NOW. Our mistakes cannot be changed. That fact can never go away. But we can make the decision today to learn from it. We can still turn things around and move forward. Our action is what makes us who we are. 

I am convincing myself to be this way as I write. Everything I write here is a reminder to myself. There are things I regret, there are things I wish I could change. And at the same time, without those mistakes I wouldn't have been where I am. I wouldn't have learned the valuable lessons that I learned. I wouldn't have met the wonderful people if I didn't take that path. I have many many flaws. Fortunately or unfortunately, I cannot change that. So, I have nothing else but to live for the future. God has so many great things in store for me. She also said this, "We make mistakes, God/Universe doesn't. So, we're not here by mistake. Why not believe that we're enough?" After all, that's our mission and journey isn't it? To fulfill our lives. To believe that we are good enough. To reach our full potentials. To serve the Universe. 

To my amazing teacher, thank you for your constant inspiration and love for this world. 

Love, Hope, Faith.