A WRINKLED PRUNE...VS...A SUN KISSED JUICY ORANGE

A dried up, wrinkled prune...vs...A sun kissed juicy orange. There are so many things we all want for ourselves in life. We want to be the good one. The one who has a handle on all areas of our lives... We wish to eat healthy all the time, yet we drop the ball. We wish to be the driven one, feeling successful all the time, yet we have days we wonder 'wtf am I doing' We wish to be the one who has a handle on our exercise routine, yet we also drop the ball. We wish to be the kind, loving, caring, giving human, yet there are many times when we still feel we're not doing enough. We wish to be the partner who ticks all the boxes, We wish to be the responsible one who makes all the right choices, all the time, by all & for ourselves. We wish to be the one who is so tuned into ourselves that we know and feel it all. We wish to be the good one, all the time, in all areas. We tell ourselves that we are too. Yet many times in life, there are days it's hard to be the good one. It's hard to live up to the so called good person, There are days you just want to be the rebel, the one who says, stuff all the rules and let's make it up as we go along. It can get challenging on ourselves if we try and be good all the time. Being the good one all the damn time will turn you into a dried up, wrinkled prune, Instead of a sun kissed orange that's so juicy, everything just flows. Yet when we want to break a few rules, we start to kick ourselves for doing so, For thinking we're doing it all wrong. But maybe we're not. Maybe we as humans are putting too much pressure on ourselves to be good. To make sure we tick all the right boxes in life, To look like we all have our shit together. Well, we don't. We all drop the ball, in different areas, And by doing so, doesn't make you a human who doesn't have their shit together, It just makes you human, And we will continue to drop the ball in some way or another throughout our wholes lives, Because trying to keep them in the air all the time...is hard to maintain. We need to give ourselves a break, Loosen up on life, on being human, And we get to make the rules up for ourselves as we go along. There are no right or wrong ways, There are no certain boxes you must tick, only ones you want to tick. Ticking the right boxes, doesn't make you a good human. Drop the perfection of what you think life should look like, And just go and enjoy it. Enjoy it as you work towards your goals, Enjoy it as you eat that salad finished with a double layed chocolate cookie, Enjoy it as you react in a way you maybe shouldn't have, just kiss & make up, Enjoy it as you put your feet up for a rest day instead of pushing yourself to make it into your active wear, Enjoy it as you dance on the tables and let your hair down. You will gain more out of life if you allow yourself to move, Allow yourself to laugh, Allow yourself to play, Allow yourself to make it up as you go.