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The gift of praising ourselves
In that one imperfect step lies so much courage and strength... It’s the place where you risk letting go of what is familiar and step into what is more true and freeing. It doesn’t matter what the step looks like and if you wobble or trip when we make…
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There’s no better place than the present
All we have is the present and the moment we're in. Everything else is uncertain and quite possibly a grasp for something more. The something "more" is never enough, and the chase only wears us out and robs us of the joy in front of us.
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What I learned in 2024
I can rest in the transitions. And you can too. Because they will always be here, and the restlessness doesn't mean we're doing something wrong. It just means we're human living fully in this ever-changing world.
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Bent but not broken
We appreciate the light so much more when it comes after the dark. We appreciate the Spring after the Winter, the sun after the rain, the healing after the wound. Then we get to help walk others through the darkness because we know the way.
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Nurturing our little lights
My little girl has a bright light within her soul, growing brighter and brighter each day. Who am I to want to stifle this and keep her beaming, beautiful light all to myself? To keep her like a light flicker when it can be a flame?
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When our no’s become yes’s
I'm saying "yes" to a few quiet moments outside before this day begins. I'm saying "yes" to a slower day, a day of rest. I think this is the "yes" I really do need. Thank goodness for the "no's" because of all the needed "yes's" on the other side.
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Joy in the being
How often we have to fight for peace...but when we do, we find it. My peace was here in the splashing and giggles and wet floor. I wanted it to last forever.
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Fighting for peace
Oh how our minds, when left on their own, strive to control, to plan, to ruminate, to live anywhere but the present. Going to beautiful places will not do anything for us unless we change the landscape of our minds in midst of it all.
