Gratitude Belongs to the Present, Not Just the Past
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Gratitude Belongs to the Present, Not Just the Past

Gratitude is a complex emotion sometimes it only exists in hindsight quietly showing up after the moment has passed. Other times it exists in the present opening up your eyes to the beauty of the moment. Occasionally it exists as a promise to the future, pleading with you to cherish and enjoy the moment as it is.

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Desired, but not known
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Desired, but not known

I want curiosity to journey beyond my appearance, I want curiosity to seek out the quiet parts of me, the unspoken thoughts and ideas, the dreams and nightmares.

Because a desire to be deeply known? That’s when love begins to feel safe and connection goes beyond the transaction. That’s when it stops being about performance and about what you can gain, it becomes about sharing, revealing, caring with the question of who are you and how can I honour your story at the centre

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Imperfect faith
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Imperfect faith

Faith although blind, is not free of emotion. The emotions that come with disappointment, failure, mistakes are not to be pushed aside and covered up with faith. Faith to me is knowing and believing that I can come to God as imperfect as I am and he will love me endlessly. I don’t need to cover up my humanity with faith, I need my faith to show up exactly as I am.

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It’s good and it’s true
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It’s good and it’s true

I’ve grown tired of living that way. I’ve grown tired of dimming the light in moments that were meant to shine, I realised I was stealing my own joy in an attempt to control the impossible.

So I’m slowly learning to let go of the “too good to be true” mentality. I’m leaning into a new one: “it’s good, and it’s true.” I’m choosing to believe that I can embrace the beautiful things in life whether that’s love, laughter, connection, success without bracing for impact and anticipating the worst.

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Listening to the voices within
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Listening to the voices within

Peace was never about picking a side and silencing the other, it was about integration and making room for all of me.

When I thought about the power of communication, I never considered that it all starts within. How do I give myself that same tender communication that I give to others? How do I ensure that even my greatest fears have a voice? Because as uncomfortable as those may be, you can’t heal what you don’t understand, and how can you understand if you don’t listen? There is no secret formula to finding or knowing yourself, but I do know listening is a great starting point.

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Loving myself. Because of, and in spite of
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Loving myself. Because of, and in spite of

I often thought self love meant being loud about all the things I loved about myself, it meant shouting all my praises and filling myself full of compliments and wearing confidence like armour. And sometimes it is that. But in my journey I discovered a different version of self love one that aligned more closely with my soul, one that spoke to my heart and silenced the criticism. It felt more honest, it didn’t demand attention, validation or noise. It allowed me to exist as I am, as all I ever was. It was a forgiving and accepting love, it was the greatest love I ever gave myself

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Don’t deny yourself the power of your emotions 
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Don’t deny yourself the power of your emotions 

My tears helped me heal, my anger helped me use my voice, my hope gave me courage, my frustration never let me settle, my love helped me find my purpose. My emotions weren’t there to weaken me, they anchored me and made sure I was becoming who I was always meant to be.

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Things I needed to hear
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Things I needed to hear

Things you may need to hear: what a crappy thing to go through. You deserve to be heard without having to shout, you deserve to be loved gently and to take up space and let your light shine. You are not too much or too little you were just in a place that didn’t reflect your greatness.

Healing sometimes starts with being heard and I hope you find spaces and people who listen with their hearts open, who don’t rush your story, who hold you words like they matter, because they do.

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The Love you deserve
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The Love you deserve

I have always loved, love.

Everything about it. Seeing how someone lights up in the presence of love is one of those this is why we’re here kind of moments. It’s a moment that makes you quietly appreciate your existence, it’s a gentle reminder that your existence is proof that love lived.

I’ve had my fair share of heartbreaks but yet none of them can convince me that love isn’t the most beautiful gift we have, and the most beautiful gift we can give.

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Fighting for my joy
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Fighting for my joy

There will be moments and times in your life where you have to fight for your joy and peace and there will be other moments where you forgot you ever had to work so hard to get yourself to a place of peace and happiness. The joy will feel effortless and the peace will be comforting.

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