Make yourself proud

Make yourself proud

Earlier this week, Shinell shared a list of really cool and challenging questions she came across. This one jumped out at me:

“Which future memory am I creating right now, and will I be proud to own it?”

My initial thought was that this only applies when we are doing memorable things – living through moments that might go on your Instagram highlights reel. But most of life is not like that. What if you are going through a particularly challenging spot at the moment? Or if things are quite stable and predictable, does it still apply?

I think it applies to all circumstances.

Whether things are great, neutral, or terrible currently, we still have the opportunity to make a choice daily that will make our future selves proud.

You might be in a highlight reel season of life, or in a period where you are being challenged to grow. You might be studying or working hard to get to a better place, or dealing with heartbreak and disappointment. Some of these things might even be overlapping. Such is life. I liked this question because it reminded me that we don’t get to choose to remember only the good parts of life. Every one of us will inevitably experience the bad too, and those will stick. What I find encouraging is that we get to choose how we carry ourselves through all these seasons and that we play an active part in looking back at them with pride or not.

Thank you for reading. Please share this with anyone who needs encouragement.

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