Sometimes when I look around at my life, I see these people I know, great photographers, awesome bloggers, really fit or pretty women (cuz seriously so many of you guys are ridiculous gorgeous), or they seem to just have this effortless life or really cute/clean house or whatever, and I tend to get a little discouraged. I think to myself, "why am I even attempting this or that" like with photography, or fitness goals. You can tend to get this sense that you're some kind of an imposter or poser for just attempting something that's outside of your current skill set. But we all have 2 voices in our spirit -the first voice says "why even try? You'll never be as good as them. You're too old, you're not smart enough, wealthy enough, fit enough.." And on and on with the excuses. And the second voice, the voice of your heart is the one that tells you "this is my passion, I feel alive when I do this. This makes me feel fulfilled. This is what I was meant to do! And I can do this and it's gonna be amazing!" Day by day I'm relearning to listen to the voice of my heart, and trust in my own abilities, and follow my dreams no matter how far down that road I am, and learn and embrace the road of progress rather than listening to that voice of fear that says "you can't".  I encourage every one of you today to try to practice listening to your positive thoughts today. When those negative thoughts come in, you simply say "thank you, I hear that" and then put it away and proceed with what you know to be true- that TODAY- this day- YOU CAN DO IT!

-Amanda