Proving Yourself

Stand in self-responsibility.

Give yourself what you need.

Learn to enjoy what's good.

~journal notes~

 

"You are  your greatest advocate, and the validation

that you need most is your own.  You are strong

enough and good enough, exactly as you are in this

moment, to do whatever you choose to do.  Even if 

others are well intentioned with their advice, only

you know what is best for you.  So stay true to your

choices and trust in your strength.  Finds happiness in

whichever suits you.  The people you are trying 

your hardest to impress are likely not your people.

The ones who deserve your respect and attention are

the ones who see you as you are and love you anyway."

xoxo

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Just B-r-e-a-t-h-e

When I look back on my life,

I notice that things always worked out, even if

I had to suffer pain or loss.

However, I am struggling with a situation 

that I just can't see the light through today.

These are the times I wish I had my family close.

I want hear my cousins laugh,

 feel my Dad's comforting presence as he works in the yard,

 & watch my stepmom paint with her watercolors.

I want to feel that grounding of my childhood home, 

 and the feelings of "belongingness" that 

comes organically when I'm with my people.

I am truly homesick yet find comfort in knowing that

I will be there in a little over a week.

In the meantime, I will hold some space to honor

the moments, when I simply don't want

 to be a grown up anymore.

"Growing ourselves is messy business."

" Here's how I became myself:

mess, failure, mistakes, disappointments,

and extensive reading; limbo, indecision,

setbacks, addiction, public embarrassment, 

and endless conversations with my best friends;

loss of people without whom I could not live,

the loss of pets that left me reeling,

dizzying betrayals, but much greater loyalty,

and overall, choosing as my motto William Blake's line

that we are here to learn to endure the beams of love." 

~Anne Lamott~

xoxo

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Release Happening

" Each time you fall into the past, or jump into the future

you miss what is going on right now."

" Release the past! Receive your good now! 

Trust that when you reach tomorrow, there will be nothing 

but good waiting for you."

" You may be recycling garbage in your mind, 

creating and re-creating experiences that you no longer need to have.

Stop collecting trash. Stop looking for it. Stop dragging it around."

Today,

May I release all unimportant things.

May I not allow yesterday's garbage,

or fears about tomorrow's garbage,

to keep me from acting only on what's important today.

xoxo

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Simple Things

" We complicate life when we look past

the simplicity of things."

xoxo

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Be You

"Let others take you as you are, or not at all.

Speak your truth even if  your voice shakes.

By being yourself, you put something 

beautiful into the world that was not there before.

And remember that in the long run

it's wiser to lose someone over being who you are,

than it is to keep them by being someone you're not.

Because it's easier to fill an empty space in your life

where someone else used to be,

than it is to fill the empty space inside yourself

where YOU used to be."

xoxo

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In Transistion

The shift happened.

The crossroads have been crossed.

I am on a new path that could radically change my life.

I feel things changing already.

I am currently going through the orientation process

to become an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach.

My courses will start in November and run into November 2024.

I'm beyond excited. Giddy.

I'm so ready for this!

In the meantime, I'm enjoying the gifts of each day as life unfolds.

" I'm not fully healed.

I'm not fully wise.

I'm still on my way.

What matters is that I move forward."

~Yung Pueblo~ 

xoxo

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Validation

A smile. Yup, just that: a smile.

xoxo

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Happiness

"If you want more passion and happiness in your life right now,

act accordingly right now."

xoxo

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Daily Affirmation

...an old favorite.

xoxo

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