A daisy that stands alone.

one daisy surrounded by yellow leaves

Sometimes its okay to stand out.  To stand alone even.  We were not created to all sound or look alike.  The beauty is in the differences.

Dear Brave-Enough-To-Stand-Out Girl,

It should be the easiest thing of all, shouldn't it? 

But it isn't easy to be true to yourself. 

Sometimes it is a very lonely road, and a very bumpy road. There are days when we all want to look around at what everyone else is doing and then just do the same so we can go with that flow and just fit in. At least it wouldn't feel so lonely. 

Or would it???

You may have tried to fit in, and tried again, and then still again. You may have even "toned it down" enough for a while that you actually DID fit in, but it made your heart hurt and you just couldn't betray yourself for very long. 

If every funky little daisy in the flower garden spray painted herself red so she could hang out with the roses, the world wouldn't have any variety at all, and what a sad sad sad life for that sunshiny, spunky free-spirited daisy. She was born to be a daisy, after all. 

And guess what? the other flowers want her to be a daisy, too. Daisies are WONDERFUL.

Be courageous enough to boldly live your own truth. You are so very very very spectacular. Just BE YOU.

Things come into our lives at exactly the right time.  When standing out like a daisy in a bed of roses wasn't enough, I found a recommendation to read this book in the same week.  Something about blooming where you're planted resonates.  And that was advice that our new Chairman at work shared with me when I was introduced to him several years ago.

Life is a circle.  A big one.  And then sometimes it seems so small.  Pay attention.  It matters. All of it.

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