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Keys To Living To Our Highest Potential

by Mena Suvari on September 5, 2011

I have realized now that I have spent most of my life in fear. Fear of allowing myself complete freedom with abandonment to be who I truly wished to be.

I grew up with a slight mentality that I was never good enough. Not even knowing where that feeling came from, I questioned almost every thing that came my way and if I had the ability to perform in the way I believed others expected me to.

As I have grown older, I have learned that this isn’t the way I should have EVER felt in my life. We should all, most importantly, honor the unique qualities we have within ourselves knowing that with those qualities we can simply change the lives of others-if not, change the world. I admire people who take risks; who live for what they believe; those that recognize their own diversity and encourage, even indirectly, others to live up to their own highest potential.

I want to live my life to the fullest. I want to continue to look deep within myself, connect with who I truly am, and express my uniqueness through creativity. We are all artists painting our own canvasses. We need to embrace one another, support each other, and encourage that creativity to flow.

Never question your inner instincts to create based on what others might think of you or how you might be judged. We are all put here on this Earth at the time that we needed to be here for a reason and if it is my challenge to learn what that reason is, then I accept that challenge and so should you! You are beautiful, you are light, and always remember you are worthy-especially of your OWN love! Who should love you more than yourself?

Take the time to tell yourself how much you believe. Write on your mirror, “I Love You”, so that every day you connect deeper into what/who you truly are. Take the judgment away from yourself and turn the fear into inspiration!

-“No matter where you are in life right now, no matter who you are, no matter how old you are it is never too late to be who you are meant to be”

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  • andrea

    Mena, this was a highly uplifting blog post. Thank you so much for sharing your positivity and words of wisdom. Love this.

  • Threehearts4u

    This is so beautiful! I have felt this way before and the truth is i still struggle with this way of feeling but i am becoming more and more aware of my feelings and emotions everyday. Doing this enables me to move forward and believe in the ability that we all can have if we just keep believing! Love to all.

  • Jesstars

    <3

  • Jas

    This message is right on time.  Golden nuggets is what I like to call these kinds of messages.  Thank you Mena for sharing your wisdom, your story. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Krystal-Smith/100000191012852 Krystal Smith

    So lovely!  Thanks for sharing!

  • Anonymous

    This post is remarkable. It is so genuinely written that I am sure it hits home to many readers and inspires them to be MORE real and DISCOVER their inner greatness. I love the courage the author illustrated in speaking their truth. May the canvas in their life be painted with the BriLLiAnT colors they envision. =)

  • Brendanp

    This post was and is so apt at the time I read it. Excellent and really uplifting

  • Dwadem

    This written work by Mena is one of the many reasons why I only follow her on twitter!

  • Lily1214

    Thanks so much.  I always thought I was the only one feeling that fear.

  • http://www.facebook.com/aNiNZ05 Niña Millicent

    A good reminder for everyone. Very inspiring. Know yourself; love yourself; be yourself; and enjoy and live life to the fullest! ;)

  • Userdeede41

    wow!!!   this is some deep stuff

  • http://twitter.com/neerja2009 Neerja Sharma

    Mena, I have to ask you, as a fellow actor, I found the only way I can enjoy the daily disappointment of not getting the roles I want, is to create and produce my own. As an actor who has achieved major film success, do you also find the same to be true? In other words, is an actor who has been in major projects and achieved name recognition also finding that to be a happy actor/artist in today’s world, the creative side (and producer side) has to come out? I think many actors like myself who feel they need a “breakthrough” would benefit from hearing that well known actors with a great body of work also doesn’t get roles they want and are creating their own. Hope that made sense. :)