double-check you have days when you dont have to be so strong.
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Updated 6 years ago,October 7, 2019
Summer holds a certain kind of possibility in it.
A bit of a haze that hangs above us, like something good might happen at any moment.
Lisa Fotios
And when Fall approaches, a different mood takes over.
A feeling of calm, a feeling of peace.
A feeling of reflection and of newness.
A feeling of endings, but also a yearning for new beginnings.
A feeling of wanting to start fresh, and wanting to make the end of the year memorable.
A time to write a cozier, kinder story.
So take this time to begin again.
Take this time to find newness and fresh starts in the next few months.
Take this time to feel encouraged and inspired.
Seek fulfillment for both your heart and your mind.
In the last four months of the year, remember:
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It takes a special kind of person to be able to be vulnerable in the face of uncertainty.
You were courageous for opening up in a world that can sometimes be closed off and silent.
kindly continue to do this.
Continue to share your heart with the world.
Continue to be raw and open and tell people when you love them.
Even if they arent ready to share their heart with you, you still have nothing to lose.
For telling someone you love them is never wrong..love is never wrong.
Sometimes growth is quiet and subtle, and doesnt look quite as profound as you may have imagined.
Sometimes growth is simply looking at a situation from a new perspective.
Its trying something new, despite whether or not it ends up being a good experience.
Sometimes growth is just continuing to move forward when uncertainty is trying to hold you back.
They are for just being.
And these seasons are just as successful.
Because in the being, you are becoming.
confirm that sometimes, when you feel down and overwhelmed, that you allow yourself to take a nap.
double-check you take time to realize that life is lighter than you think it is.
That your mind is what is making it so heavy.
ensure you have people you could lean on, people you could cry big ugly tears in front of.
Even if you want to change, you’re able to still honor who you are now.
Once upon a time, your goal was to be who you are now.
You should feel proud about where you are, even if you do wish to change.
Respect where you are right now.
Honor who you are, and honor who you wish to be.
Stop apologizing for who you are.Stop apologizing for laughing at the wrong jokes or saying the wrong things.
Stop apologizing for how you dress or how you spend your time.
Stop apologizing for being too quiet or too loud.
Stop apologizing for who you love, or how you show your love.
You are who you are, and you should never have to apologize for being yourself.
You should never have to bend to fit in.
The right people will love you.
Your people are out there.
And never feel like you have to give up a piece of yourself to fit in.
You deserve to be treated right without having to change who you are.
You deserve to be loved for being exactly who you are.
There is nothing wrong with you.
So kindly, stop apologizing.
It is a sign that soon you will walk down a different path.
Sometimes you better hit a wall to get to have the motivation to search for a new door.
Feeling stuck means you have infinite directions it’s possible for you to choose to go.
So dont be so afraid of feeling stuck.or of feeling lost.
You will find your way again.
Just give it time, and stay curious.
Seek out new information.
Seek out new experiences.
Try things that you never thought you would be inerested in.
And allow yourself the space to figure out which direction your soul wishes to go.
You have to trust life and you have to trust yourself.
Maybe you havent reached the goals you wanted to, but you most certainly have reached other goals.
You most certainly had other accomplishments and other moments that lit you up.
If these goals no longer serve you, its okay to release them.
Its not a sign of failure.
Its just adjusting to what life has in store for you.
- like be easier with yourself.Remember all of the times when you never thought you would make it through.
Youve made it through all of these moments.
Youre doing your very best to figure out how to be okay.
Even when you are broken.
You still havent given up on hoping things will be okay again.
So like, give yourself some grace.
Look at all the progress you have made.
Look at how much you have grown.
Look at who you are becoming.
You are far too hard on yourself.
Know that you are doing the best that you’re free to.
When you are feeling down, remind yourself of the days when life felt good.
And you cant always pick and choose which kind of day you have.
You cant force a good day, just as you cant always avoid a hard day.
But on the hard days, I do know that it helps to remember the good days.
To remember that yesterday, or last week, or last month, you were feeling pretty good.
Hope will return to you.
Love will return to you.
Your laugh will return to you.
Your glow will return to you.
The sparkle in your eyes will return to you.
Just know that you will have good days again.
Probably sooner than you think.
In the last few months of the year, believe in goodness.Life can be really good to you.
And then it can be terrible.
But most of the time, it will return to being good to you again.
For the majority of the time, for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
After the bad comes the good.
After the hurt comes the miracle.
And after the pain, comes the magic.
Sometimes you have to be pulled very far backwards so that you’re able to accelerate forwards.
Sometimes you’re gonna wanna experience the lows to get to experience the highs.
Sometimes you better know what pain feels like so that you could fully enjoy love and happiness and relief.
Know that you are gaining the momentum to spring forward.
Know that the low will soon be accompanied by a high.
And then, life will inevitably be good for you again.
