Story...

As I often do, I look for quotes to spark an idea to write for my blog. Today as I was scrolling, I come across some of the same ones I see a lot, like: "She believed she could, so she did." or " There is only one way to succeed at anything and that is to give everything." These are all well and good, and they do boost my enthusiasm but at the end of the day I'm still stuck. That is why I'm reaching out to talk to someone. I need someone's constant presence for awhile to walk me through this place. Sometimes it takes more then just believing and sometimes it takes asking for a hand to hold while you try. I have issues that have kept me in relationships and paralyzed in other areas of my life from stories I've been told and I've believed over the years and I now have space in my life to dig deeper.

Storm...

"We are what we believe we are."

C.S. Lewis

I've had a rough couple of weeks and tonight I feel weary. Just SO tired of the struggle. I know the conclusion to this story is almost over but the storm gets strong at times and is hard to stand tall and wait it out ~To wait for what you know is on the other side... 

So tonight I'm going to bed believing I am a strong, beautiful, confident, loving woman who deserves the best the Universe has to offer!

Judge...

"There's a story behind every person. There's a reason why they're the way they are. Think about that before you judge someone."

The Story...

"The only thing keeping you from having what you want is the STORY you tell about why you can't have it."

Tony Robbins

This is not the first time I've struggled with this concept. As I'm stretching myself to have the life I want, I find myself again stuck in "the story.". My story of being too old, of not having what it takes, nobody wants to hear what I have to say, there is already other people more knowledge then me, and then there is just plain old scared! But I love this picture. It's what I feel on the inside, the brave side of me. It says " Here I am world." So each time the old story surfaces, I have the opportunity to be present and tell myself a new story. 

Process not perfection... "I can do this!"

A Writing Kind of day...

Today was my second time going to a writers group that meets once a month. It felt good! I actually felt like a writer today. Everyone loved my fiction story I've been working on, on and off for years. And it was nice to visit the story again. I've been nurturing my story for about 10-15 years in my mind and on paper. I found out though someone today that it doesn't cost anything to publish a book on Kindle, and my thought was " Oh maybe someday I CAN send my baby ( my story) out into the world through an e-book." For some reason that excited me and it really doesn't matter why ~ it's a good thing!!! I may actually call myself a writer...