Time

I look up at the sky… “Thank you dad.” As I look at the sky… I know you are crafted it. All of it. Eliminated who wasn’t worthy. At the right time. In the right way. You put in my path.. crafted every circumstance. Showed me the truth of those around me. Gave me the…

Being the best, most authentic me is all I want to be. It is powerful and it is freeing. What do you want? What do you stand for? Who do you want to be? What are you waiting for? As you embark on your journey of self, see yourself for all the greatness that you embody….

Self is inward. It is private. Self is your deepest dreams and greatest aspirations. It is your assets, vulnerabilities, body, mind, and spirit. It’s your truth; what you want, who you are and who you want to be. I never really thought about self as its own entity. I’ve thought about self-confidence, the times in…

For belittling you. For not giving you the credit you deserve. For minimizing you, and what you have accomplished. For being ashamed of your (lack of) success. And for judging your success against others. For not acknowledging how far you have come. For not praising you for what you have done. For not loving you…

Over the years parts of me died. And other parts were given or taken. I very willingly gave away slivers of and sometimes complete sections of my heart, my individuality, my identity, my creativity. Then there were those that took when I was not strong enough to stand my ground and stake m claim. Over…

Patience doesn’t come easily to me, it’s also something I have to work on every day. I practice patience by trying to loosen my grip on the notion that I need to control everything, surrendering to the journey and remembering that the rules and timing of the universe are not mine to define. I have learned…