Heart and Soul...

There's been a lot of change in my life this past year and especially in the last couple of months. Change is needed though not always wanted. BUT it is necessary for growth.
I received an email that spoke to me from The Brave Girls Club so I'm going to share the email with you here...

Dear Devoted Girl,
Letting go of things that you have outgrown is painful and often brings on the same kind of grief that a death would cause in your life. Just because something feels painful, uncomfortable and awkward, it doesn't mean you made the wrong decision. ALWAYS go back to the point where you made a difficult decision, and remember the peace you felt when you knew it was the right choice. The most important decisions ofter included a great deal of sacrifice, which means you are giving up something good for something that is best for your life.
Often we have to grieve over the good thing that we had to give up to be able to get to the best thing. It will pass.
One way to make yourself very sad and miserable is to keep trying to keep the tip of a toe in the "good" old life, while trying to move forward into the "best" new life. Turn your whole body to where it needs to be and let yourself be there, heart and soul. Let the old stuff go that is not helping you to be your very best self, which in turn helps you to serve in your life in the very best way, and enjoy your life in the very way, and live your life in the very best way.
Let yourself grieve if you need to grieve, then let yourself move on.
It is time.
You are so very loved.
xoxo

It's time for me to move on "heart and soul".
I've made a plan, and I'm sticking to it.
I deserve my best life and to become my best self, and so do you.
Dream, Believe, then Do!
Have a great week!

Being Happy in the Meantime

These aren't my words but they are exactly what I needed to hear/read. My good friend Kara showed me this website called the 'Brave Girls Club'. They send emails with words of acknowledgement that life can be tough, and encouragement that we can make it through because we are truly amazing!
I hope for those who are struggling or will struggle, (which I'm sure you will coz let's face it that's life sometimes) will read this and find comfort and encouragement like I have. Don't give up and don't dare give in.

"Dear Authentic Girl,

It's ok to cry sometimes, you know. It's even ok to completely fall apart for a little while so you can put yourself back together in the way you are supposed to be together...sometimes the pieces of us get a little bit mixed up and we have to let ourselves fall apart so that we can get ourselves back in order.

And...it's ok to grieve over things that we've lost. It's ok to grieve over people that we've lost and it's ok to grieve over time that has been lost. It's ok to feel a bit of a hole in our hearts where loved things used to be.

HERE'S THE IMPORTANT THING, though. Remember, that you can still do the things that you want to do, and work toward the places that you want to do, and work toward the places that you want to be, and learn the things that you want to learn WHILE you are working through grief. You don't have to wait until all of the pain is gone to start living the life we want to have. The time to start living the life we want to have is RIGHT NOW...even if it's while we are holding hands with pain. They really can live next to each other...and then when it's time for the pain to go...you are not left alone trying to figure out what to do next...you are already there...just without the pain.

So...please stop waiting, lovely you. Please stand up and take some steps into the places that you want to be. It's ok if your pain comes with you...it really is. Someday it will feel like it's done it's job and it will be gone...it really will. YOUR JOB is to just keep moving, and you are the only one who can do it.

You know it's time...stand up, sweet sister...take a step.
You can do this.

Have a wonderful weekend
xoxo"

You can subscribe to these amazingly, uplifting emails at www.bravegirlsclub.com

"God invented the word coincidence so he could remain anonymous" (quote I found on pinterest) This email was send at this time in my life by 'coincidence'. I happened to need this email more than ever and it happened like it has many times before.

Be strong and carry on!