Good morning. Today's opening reflection is this. Breathing in, I show up as I am today.

Breathing out, I release who they think I should be. I'm allowed to be different than they remember.

It's true.

Let me ask.

How much energy do you spend being the version of yourself people are used to?

They expect the cheerful you, so you perform cheerful.

They're used to you agreeing, so you swallow your disagreement.

They remember you one way, so you can tort yourself to match that memory.

But you're allowed to be different than they expect.

You're allowed to have changed.

So throughout your day, ask yourself this.

Am I being who I am?

Who are they expect?

And with that today's mantra is this.

I can be different than they remember.

I hope you heard that.

Breathing in, I show up as I am today. Breathing out.

I release who they think I should be.

I'm allowed to be different than they remember.

So today, let this be enough to begin. One breath, one stop, one morning at a time.

Have a most wonder-filled day. Let's be real. Nobody asked to be a morning person, and yet,

here we are. The good news is you can get one of

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