Letter Of Consent From Me- To Me.

Dear Me,

You deserve to be happy. You deserve to have people around you that want the best for you. That give you the chance to shine. Put simply- That give you a CHANCE. That see the very best of you. You are good enough and you are doing the very best you can for the day you are in. Sure, there are things that need working on and I'm not saying that every day is going to be easy, sweetheart, but you will get there when you are good and ready.

Have faith in yourself that everything will work out, maybe not the way you thought they would work out, but how they are meant to be.

Look at how far you've come, from humble beginnings. Being told that you 'would never walk', taking your first steps at three, you've been able to meet people, go places and try new things. Sometimes exceeding your own expectations. This year alone, rock climbing twice, climbing Jacob's ladder, climbing the Cockburn Stairs, having your art work exhibited, letting go of people and things that were doing you no good and making you feel like crap. No one can make you feel a certain way, but if you're not feeling valued, respected, happy and fulfilled in being around certain people, you've done the right thing in letting them go. It takes strength to hold on and it takes strength to let go.

To your strength, joining a gym, yes I know this scared the almighty Hell out of you, but look at how far you've come. You've stopped saying I can't, I won't, I don't want to and you've at least given it a go. You've proven that like the saying goes, you don't have three choices, giving in or giving up are the same thing, you've chosen the choice you have, to give it all you've got. Some days you've felt like well and truly giving up, but you haven't. Did you ever think you would be leg pressing your body weight? NO and I know for a fact, you thought you never would, but you DID and you've gone over that. From having the fair share of stumbling blocks in your way and having weaknesses, you've turned them into stepping stones, lessons learned and you have a lot more strength than you give yourself credit for. Going from 8 kilos to nearly fifty kilos LEG PRESSING !!! GO GIRL. YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD !!!

You've tried some new things that you once thought that you never would do. If you'd asked yourself six months ago: 'Would I be boxing? Would I be rock climbing? Would I join a gym?' I bet the answer to those questions would have projected laughter and a big fat 'NO WAY!!!'.

You've done it girl !!! Be proud of that. Be proud of you, the person you are and the person you are yet to be.

Love always to you, today and forever.

Tracey xx