Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers

Olya Barnett
2 min readFeb 4, 2019
Photo by Drop the Label Movement on Unsplash

Have you ever heard that quote, everyone is looking for love in the wrong places? That means that everyone is searching for outside circumstances to give them what they want when instead, it begins with yourself. Everything worthy (and worth-it) begins from the inside out.

Whatever it is that you are searching for, start looking for it within yourself. If you can’t find it, then begin to give yourself those things. Are you looking for love? Learn to love and accept who you are, and you won’t be desperately seeking it from other people. Are you looking for abundance? Learn to create it yourself instead of hoping you’ll win the lottery one day.

Ask yourself honestly, what am I looking for? What do I want my life to be like? Put your ego aside when you’re answering these questions. Let your soul answer these questions because then at least it’s coming from your heart.

It’s human nature to crave things such as fulfillment, freedom, joy, love, etc. But it begins with you by first recognizing what you want, then putting the actions toward creating those things for yourself. If you only knew deep down like I do, that you can truly create anything you want in your life when you begin to take accountability for yourself and your…

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Olya Barnett

A Soul having a human experience while learning how to get out of her own way and empowering those along the way with one writing or creative piece at a time!