Hey ladies, how ya'll doing? Been a little while, but I am BACK! It's been a some weeks or so, I had some enhancements made to the blog and just handling other matters, but know that it's perfectly ok to take a breather and take care of "whatever" and to just come back to resume whatever it is you were doing! Don't ever feel the need to ever burn yourself out trying to do it all! Know when to chill a bit, re-group and re-access. Give yourself some much needed "ME TIME"! For me, that means taking myself out to lunch, or after getting out of my fitness class , riding out to the park and just sitting on a bench by the lagoon and feeding the ducks. I've even gone to the Museum admiring all of its artifacts and I have also visited the Botanical Gardens in City Park, just strolling around and admiring all the beautiful plants and flowers, That is just the RX that I/we need sometimes........ to just relax and soothe our souls. Ok, let's now let's get into the nitty gritty of this topic.
It really does takes "time" to develop and create some sort of self-awareness, It just doesn't happen overnight, unfortunately. It's a process, and it's like the saying "if I only knew what I knew back then ....... that I know now, right? Wisdom most definitely most time comes with age. For me I am at the age where I do "ME" and I am most definitely and unapolgetically ME! I am just "trying" very hard to live my life in totally authenticity . That means I really and truly do not care what folks think of me. I hold myself accountable, Am I perfect no....NOT AT ALL! Am I right all the time, nope however, I will acknowledge and I try very hard to take accountability when I am wrong.
I stepped out on a limb in creating this blog. I was not an English major when I was a student at University of New Orleans , but was told that I do have creative writing skills. I followed my passion and I went for it. If you're expecting perfection in my blog you won't find it here. Blogs in actuality are really not suppose to be "perfect" and are very loosely written rendition of whatever the blogger chooses it to be . For me, I just wanted a platform to be able to express myself and was encouraged to do so by my daughter and a couple of folks who recognized by creative writing skills on my long facebook posts. I was encouraged to tap into it and to pursue my longtime passion. We all need that one or two people who are there to encourage and support us. It's been a work in progress, but I am thoroughly vested in it, and I enjoy doing it, It also is a way of encouraging women of a "certain age" that it is never to late to start something and it is totally up to you to take that first step!
OK, getting back to being "LIVING IN OUR TRUTH"! Well ladies it comes with it's set challenges, oh yes it does. The truth can be very uncomfortable for most of us to hear. Yes, it most definitely is. Whoever they say the truth hurts they were not lying. However, throughout the years I've learned to sit back reflect, take accountability, acknowledge and more importantly, CHANGE! We all can concur that with change comes GROWTH! Perhaps we all can agree that we have felt certain emotions not really knowing exactly where those feeling are coming from, right? I have learn to recognize it in others because I myself have had my own emotional moments as well. However, we must to learn to recognize exactly where these emotions are coming from and check ourselves. Again, acknowledging and taking accountability! At this point in my life, I am a just a "straight up no chaser" kinda person. In my earlier years....not so much. I now stand by my truths and my convictions. Not mad at anyone but giving "grace" where grace is needed. I pray daily for discernment. I know I've been perhaps called crazy, (lol) but its all good. Hey called Jesus Christ crazy, also. We all know that he is perfection, and acknowledging that I certainly am not! Ladies never be afraid to stand by your convictions and truths no matter the consequences may be. Never lose sight that we must be accountable for our own actions as well, the "key" again is to acknowledge and more importantly GROW from it. I am not EVER going back to who I once was. If I feel really good about myself and have made reverence to God the Almighty and I honestly don't really give a hoot what anyone thinks of me! I feels soo dog gone good to be at this place in life, yes it does! Embrace it ladies and STAND ON YOUR CONVICTIONS AND YOUR BELIEFS NO MATTER ......WHAT! We have definitely lived enough life to do so!
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