#100

I started writing my blog eight years ago and this is my 100th post!  That’s one blog per month since August 2014. With all the various personal and professional life changes/transitions I’ve been through since then (and there have been many), this writing space has been the one constant through it all.  I don’t always have a specific idea of what I want to write about, but even when I think I do, it inevitably morphs into something different…something better.  I suppose that’s the great reward of learning to let go and trust a process.  That has been as true with my blog as it has been my life, in general.

So today I’m writing a simple message about the not-so-simple practice of letting go.  At one time or another, all of us have clung to what we believe “should” happen or what we think we “deserve” or some other version of “everything would be perfect if I were in charge” - that’s just human nature; it’s also grossly limited in its scope and, subsequently, constricts our ability to thrive.  I know this experience firsthand.  I was 1,048 geographic miles away from where I sit now when I learned the difference between surviving and thriving.  There was a lot I didn’t do perfectly or even well in the learning of that lesson, but by the grace of God or however you believe, my choice to stay the course proved to be a good one.  My life isn’t perfect and I’ve continued to make mistakes (different ones, but mistakes nonetheless), but I also bask in the peaceful knowing that I’m right where I’m supposed to be.  The content of this blog - without my conscious intention - has been a gentle, loving push from me to you to be less afraid, more curious, and a friend to the possibility that maybe, just maybe, there’s more to you than meets the eye.  When you realize the abundance of your own creation, you’ll be less inclined to seek it from someone/something else that doesn’t reflect your worthiness.  If that isn’t cause for celebration, I don’t know what is!

My challenge for you as we enter into 2023 is that you carve out a space (i.e. journal, yoga mat, nature…wherever) that will become the container for your becoming. Make it a point to go to that space at a regular interval and when you get there, let yourself let go. Think, feel, create, drop your “shoulds”, and take the risk to color outside the lines. I think you’ll delight in the surprises you find along the way.  I sure have.

Happy New Year!