Hair and Nails by Tanya

Been drained lately because I'm in a space where I don't have answers..... But thank God for motherhood my kids have kept me going when I thought I was tired.😘

Who told man they have the power to validate our bodies...

Does the problem lie with us or them?
Because I surely can't tolerate a man's opinion over my body especially if it's negative.

Let’s keep grinding

Suddenly the pain doesn’t wear you down anymore …. It’s grown in you and doesn’t bother you anymore.

It becomes your strength and a new horizon. It builds you. It leads you to you.

Gratitude is a cheat code most people ignore.

Here's the truth:

You're stressed about your job.
Someone submitted 100 applications today and heard nothing.

You're frustrated with your home.
Someone is sleeping in their car tonight.

You're having a rough week.
Someone would trade their worst day for your worst Monday.

We live in a world that rewards wanting more.
More money. More recognition. More everything.

But nobody talks about the hidden cost of "more."

It makes you blind to what's already in front of you.

I spent years chasing the next thing.
And every time I got it, I felt nothing.
Because my eyes were already on the next one.

That's not ambition. That's a trap.

The shift came when I started writing down 3 things I was grateful for every morning.

Not big things. Tiny things.

A good conversation. A quiet morning. My health.

It rewired how I saw everything.

Problems started feeling smaller.
Wins started feeling bigger.
Peace stopped feeling so far away.

Here's what nobody tells you:

Gratitude and ambition aren't opposites.

You can want more AND appreciate what you have.

That's not settling. That's perspective.

And perspective changes everything.

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🕯🕯🕯🕯To being young, financially stable and exploring the world....