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!