Treasure yourself

ONE OF THE MOST VITAL things you can do to increase your confidence and welcome challenge is to find your passion. With passion comes belief, determination, and a willingness to trust in your instincts. I believe that deep down we all know what we are passionate about. Sometimes we hide it behind the needs of others and deny what we truly feel inside.

I know many people who seemed to know what they wanted to do from an early age and now love the career they chose. Other people are on a search and may find themselves along many career paths before they stick to one that makes them happy. If you haven’t found your passion yet, try not to get disheartened. Sometimes if you are going down a twisted path with lots of curves and bends, it still leads you to the exact place you need to be—it just takes a little longer. If you go down one career path and then change to another, all that knowledge can add depth to what you are doing now, making your set of skills more unique. There is no such thing as knowledge wasted. I always believe that everything happens at the perfect time.

Define yourself… I think we need to come up with our own definition of success and not let others define it for us. We can also fall into the trap of letting others set our goals for us. Some people define success as accumulating a vast amount of wealth or achieving wide recognition, but it’s important to ask yourself, will these things make you truly happy? I believe success is when you feel content with who you are and what you offer to the world. I like this quote by John R. Wooden: Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

If you want to be a doctor or a writer, the choice should be yours. Remember, you’re the one who has to live your life—nobody else.

I am passionate about health and wellness. I feel strongly about understanding the true nature of our bodies and the essence of what life is about. To me there is nothing more exciting than studying ways in which we can make the most of who we are and the body we have been given.

Miranda Kerr (c)