It’s okay if you fall down and lose your spark. Just make sure that when you get back up, you rise as the whole damn fire. There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise. Rise up and be the best you can be because your world is waiting for you. If you fall behind run faster. Never give up. never surrender, and rise up against all odds. Rise up and become the person you were meant to be. What defines us is how well we rise after falling. Rise up when you fall, be a beast and stay true to your vision. We all fall down from time to time. We all experience struggle and hardship. The important thing is to rise up when you fall. I’ve fallen down so many times I can’t even remember. I worked my way up to the top of my own mountain only to find myself falling down to the bottom. Gone from being on top of the world to being in a dark place. From happy to sad, from strong to weak. Always risen through, always and always stayed true to my vision. Because that’s what you do, you rise up when you fall. You gotta be a beast and fight for yourself and for your dreams and goals. And always stay true to your vision. Train hard, work hard, no matter how tough things get.  Stay true to your vision, never give up greatness awaits you.

Often it’s the deepest pain which empowers you top grow into your highest self. In order to rise from it’s own ashes a phoenix first must burn. As the legend goes when the phoenix resurrects from the flames, she is even more beautiful than before. Sometimes you just have to die a little inside in order to be reborn and rise again as a stronger and wiser version of you. Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire. ” It’s best to have failure early in life. It wakes up the phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.”- Anne Baxter. Hope rises like a phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams, and when you can’t find a way make your own. Yes, I cut people off, ruthlessly, but I also love with my heart and soul. So when I I cut you off trust me. I have a damn good reason. What a beautiful thing it is, to be able to stand tall and say, I fell apart, and I survived. The road to success is always under construction. If I fall down I get back on my feet. And I try again, and again until I make it. We all fall down at one point or another. If that happens, you get back on your feet and you try again, and again, and again until you make it.

Be consistent, do not give up ever. No more “I can’t” you can and you will. It is time to erase any trace of I can’t in your mind! You can lose weight, you can get in shape. You can make those gains. You can become stronger! You can come back after a setback, You can improve in any way you want, and you will! Believe in yourself and make it happen. Period!!!!If you fall rise from your ashes like a phoenix, kill your excuses, face your fears and stop doubting yourself. You can do this. Excuses, fears and doubts are three of the biggest barriers to becoming better. Excuses, we all make them, it’s easy to make them. Am I right? But every single excuse takes you one step back in your journey towards becoming a better you. Once you realize that and start killing every single one of your excuses you will be making progress a lot faster. Think DO instead of DON’T and accept no excuses! Always be stronger than your strongest excuses. Fears, there are so many and they are all different from person to person. But whatever your fears are face them head on and make sure your fears are not holding you back, Fear sometimes it’s a very helpful thing that keeps us from harm.

But many times it’s an inner voice and barrier that keeps us stuck,, that keeps us from getting what we want and becoming who we honestly deep down want to be. Learning to handle fear and over come it so you can take an important action even if for sometimes it’s just for 10 to 30 seconds, is critical to living your life fully. The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can;t achieve it. Stop doubting yourself believe and push forward! Even if it’s the smallest steps forward, move forward. Today tomorrow and every single day after that: no more excuses, fears and doubts. You can do this. At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets. Your complaints, your drama, your victim mentality, your whining, your blaming, and all of your excuses have never gotten you even a single step closer to your goals or dreams. Let go of your nonsense. Let go of the delusion that you deserve better  and go earn it. Today is a new day. Rise above the ashes like a phoenix, kill your excuses, face your fears and stop doubting yourself. You can do this, I know life is hard. I know sometimes you feel like giving up, on people and on yourself.

I know you have good days and bad days but more bad than good or so it seems. I know everyday you questions yourself “What is this all for?, Am I making the right choices?, or am I supposed to be here, now?” I know you have more questions than answers and most of the time you don’t even know how to explain them. i know life is hard, but you have to keep going. You have to rise above the waters of your soul, and bloom, no matter how many arrows you carry on your back believe me, you’re a warrior. You’re a solider filled with both pain and love. And life, well life is just another beast you were meant to tame and there is no one better for the job, other than you. Rise above like a phoenix from the ashes. Stay strong, sometimes it’s okay to not be okay as long as you don’t unpack and live there and you rise from the ashes and become a beautiful stronger version of yourself.

-Retro Rebel Girl