Rebel

Sometimes | Every so often | Now and then | On occasion...

Reject unsolicited advice 

Roll your eyes 

Tell a fib 

Take a pajama day 

Pretend to know the answer

Skip your daily vitamin 

Eat sugary, tooth rotting cereal 

Brood like a 13 year old girl 

Believe the world does revolve around you

Crack those knuckles 

Talk back 

Hide under a rock 

Wear your heart under your sleeve

Tell positive Patty to take a hike 

The key word is sometimes. I'm always wary of people who appear too perfect, too put together. Those people who need to declare that their "life is great" or their "relationship is amazing," whether it be blabbing in person or creating an image online. If you constantly have to validate yourself to others, how great can things really be?

We're human and people who pretend otherwise will break down. You can't hide from feelings, they will build up eventually. I'm working on my own journey and no matter how grateful I am for the many blessings in my life, some days it's harder to realize it. I want to be honest on Not A Model. I don't want to tell my readers to 'grin and bear it' if I'm not doing the same. Sometimes all those fluffy, positive messages don't mean a thing if you're faking it.

It's okay to accept the bad and embrace the utter confusion. The path is not always marked with lemon-hued bricks, and sometimes there is a witch trying to mess you up along the way. You don't always have to fake the smile, at least not everyday. The point is to believe that even if your 'right now' seems completely useless, disappointing or frustrating, it is where you're supposed to be. 

Sometimes you have to let it all go, to gain it all back. 

Don't worry, Positive Patty will forgive you.