When life decides it wants to fight, FIGHT BACK

OMG guys, today I was on my way home when there was some huge incident on the road. I'm not sure what it was, but there were tons of emergency vehicles, so I went to look for my phone to find an alternate route. Low and behold, guess what was NOT it my pocket, go on guess ; My phone! At first I figured it was lost in one of my bags or another pocket but after having someone call it I was apparent that I had left it at school, possibly my coaches room. Needless to say I was distressed, but not for the reason you may think. I  have every belief that I will walk in to school tomorrow and get my phone, so that didn't bother me. What had me upset was the feeling of irresponsibility; I felt careless, thoughtless, unobservant and a million other unflattering words. My eyes welled with tears and I started ,what a lot of us do, putting myself down. Then I decided this whole upset crying thing was NOT fun and that I needed to do something else. I began saying "I am a responsible and successful young woman" granted I had to say this through the tears, but once I heard myself saying that instead of "you're a failure, you can't get it right" I felt a million times better. So my point is this, we all mess up we will mess up  over and over and over and over and, well you get the point but there is a great quote " We are more than the sum of our failures". This is true, when you are feeling down, upset, hurt all you are doing is going THROUGH an issue and when it's over you can learn from your mistakes. Instead of putting yourself down when you make a mistake, lift yourself up. If this is hard for you, make a list "I'm a good student, I'm a great athlete  I'm a great friend  I'm helpful around the house" Whatever positive things you can think of write them all down and repeat them to yourself until the positive voice drowns out the negative one. Comment or email me and tell me how this works for you! We are all strong and amazing individuals ~Katy