Hi friends! Welcome to the best day of the week. Fridays are awesome!! Fridays are hopeful, full of anticipation and relaxation. On Fridays, I typically list three favorite things, or songs, or websites, or books that have captured my attention. This has been a rough week for me. My singular focus, all week, has been on my son’s health and well-being. (he has epilepsy) So, I’m just catching my breath on this lovely Friday. I don’t have my typical list of three favorite things. What I do have, is some incredible quotes from a recent article in Adweek, from an interview with Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Lopez is almost other-worldly in her beauty, and in her abilities, and in her talents and ambitions, but her quotes, from this interview are such good reminders for all of us to remember that we are all “scarce assets“, which Jennifer describes this way:
“For me, what I realize is … no, there’s only one me. There’s only one that person. There’s only one that person. There’s only one that person. And what they each have to offer is uniquely different than everybody else.“
“I have a small circle and I like it that way. I’m not the person who gets a hundred texts a day or whose phone rings constantly. That’s not who I am. I have a very small group of very close people I trust and that I love who I know have my best interests at heart and who understand me as a public person but also as a private person.“
“I don’t think you start thinking about a personal brand. You become it because of what you create, what you do, how you live and who you are. Ultimately, I think it’s about what you reflect and what people see because in the end, you represent something. I’ve been incredibly fortunate in my life, and I live out loud through my artistry and my creativity and try to stay as authentic to myself as I can. I’m real. That was important to me—to stay connected to my roots and not ever change or make what people said or thought about me influence who I really was inside. It’s about being limitless and never allowing anybody to put me—and limit me—within a box.“
Remember that you are a precious, scarce asset in this world. Treat yourself as such. Have a great weekend.
Are you passing on love or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.
I hope you’re able to relax, refresh, rejuvenate and catch your breath this weekend, Kelly.
Me too! Thanks, Gail!
(not sure this posted, so I’m doing it again)
I hope you’re able to relax, refresh, rejuvenate and catch your breath this weekend, Kelly.
I did, but I’ll take the wishes twice, Gail. You can even do it three times if you like. 😉
That last quote is powerful.
Lovely weekend for you and your son??
Thank you, Ogara! Good to hear from someone new!
Ooh! You’ll see me visiting frequently.
Awesome!
Always a good lesson – stay connected to the authentic self and remember who and what is important.
Have a good weekend, Kelly.
You, too, Kelly. I hope that life is settling down into what you want it to be now after having to make some scary, big changes for yourself. Proud of you!