Do you consider yourself strong?
This could be seen in diverse ways from physical to emotional. I am asking you to go deeper into its meaning and ask yourself this hard question. There is a big misconception of our own capabilities in emotions. The truth is we all have strength within us that we access most times without even recognizing it. Strength can look like a variety of situations. Strength can feel like challenges. Strength can be an immensely powerful and empowering emotion or action in one's life, if you allow yourself to acknowledge it. Today, I simply want you to reflect on how you see strength in your life; how strength has shown up for you. If there are instances where you wanted strength to show itself more, ask yourself why you held back. If there are places in your life you want to embrace strength today, ask how you can empower yourself to embrace it. Strength is going to show itself different to each person. Today, just look at it in your own journey. As the days go by, access the courage to add strength into your life to lift you up.
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“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” — Socrates
What does it mean to transform? If you think about it, life is about transforming constantly. We are never in one place permanently. We have the ability to transform any aspect of our journey at any time. But here is the piece that I find most important; transformation comes by not fighting the old and learning from what it had to teach us. By acknowledging each part of the journey, the transformation gains value. Value encourages us to keep going towards where we are meant to be. Where are you meant to be? How can you get to that place? This is controversial and I understand. You likely have heard it increasingly the last few years. It has been resonating with me a great deal as of late.
There was a time when being called resilient was a compliment. Today I never want to be called resilient again. Why? I am exhausted by strength. I am burnt out on being celebrated for 'keeping going.' Survival mode is not a place to live within anymore. I don't want to apologize for being human. I don't want to be recognized for how well I walked through the hits and wounds. I want to use my voice and ask for support. I want people to offer a hand to ease my stress. I want to rest through the struggles. I want to be celebrated for being real and true. What about you? Do you create mantras?
Life is hard enough; why walk alone? Not only are there people in our lives that we more often overlook for support, I find we don't give ourselves enough credit for the strength we have within. The question is, do you access it? We learn tools for living every day, but we can tend to dismiss them just as easily. A mantra is a wonderful guide when stress overwhelms. Life isn't easy. Help yourself out and create a mantra. It can be for a day, a week, or a month. Find the pattern that works best for you! You've got this! I have been practicing letter writing since childhood. Somewhere along the way on retreats and in recovery it was introduced to me in the context of writing myself a letter. It can be a very foreign concept at first, but then when you dig deep and see it as a form of journaling it becomes a very easy healing tool.
I have written letters to my kids since they were born for every occasion under the moon and just because. I write letters to friends for the same reasons. It brings me joy and I hope it brings a little light and joy on the end of the receiver as well. At one point I started taking the practice a little deeper. Since they were young I have my now teens write letters to themselves at the beginning of school, which I give back at the last week from the New Year to just times when I see they need to be reminded of their own voice. I practice this in workshops and retreats as well and have received the best responses. That said, I just came off a beautiful retreat weekend and often I am completely drained. As human as anyone else, I begin to critique my work and wonder what worked and what didn't. Sometimes I can take it to a dark place! Well, when I got home a letter came from ME the next day. I can't remember when I wrote it, but I gave it to my daughter to surprise me. I never would have considered how much I needed to hear my own self and be reminded of self - care. Once again, I practice what I preach and share it with others for I know it has merit. Try it today...write a letter to yourself and give it to someone to mail when you least expect it. Let me know how it goes, trust that you will find a gift in it! |
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