Entirely Grateful

Today is the 13th of January 2022 and I am entirely grateful for my life and purpose. Looking back 10 years, I knew that I would hit my stride but I wasn’t sure of how I would get there. I’m glad I had the vision and that I trusted the process. I’m exactly where I should be and if I could encourage anyone with this first post, it would be to believe in yourself.

Belief in oneself is a high calling. It takes grit and fortitude. It takes humility and a growth mindset. I know those are all the buzzwords you’ve heard before but trust me when I say, it’s true. Your development does not have to look like mine. In fact, it absolutely should not because we all have our own individual talents and gifts. No one is the same or has the same needs at the same time, not even twins.

There is purpose packaged in you that is waiting to emerge. It takes a decision, a choice made to always bet on you! Every day we may think we are doing that but is that truth or just a glossed over distortion of reality to stroke your ego? I’ve stroked mine, many times and have earned the consequences of that misguided quest. Your pathway is uniquely yours and no one can tell you how to navigate it. I can tell you this though. Look inward at yourself and do a full examination. You should know you better and love yourself harder than anyone else ever could but God. So, let the layers of you be peeled back and revealed. Examine every layer and love every one-don’t judge it, love it. There’s a lesson in that layer!

Find your joy in who you really are. Know your gifts and allow them to take shape with ease. Increase your own likability of yourself for yourself. Be an advocate for the child within you. Healing is painful if you don’t learn to love yourself. The world needs you to heal and be whole because there are so many other complex issues that need your gift.

Walk boldly into your gifts, use all of your talents and fulfill your wildest dreams! You are worth it.

Everyday I breathe, I get up knowing that I am educating the future leaders of the world! Being centered and grounded in my emotions allows for me to do my best work for my family, my students, and my global community. Because I took the time to honor every part of me, I discovered it is all good. Every tough lesson and broken piece was all part of the plan. I’ve packaged my pain and the lessons learned for someone else so they can thrive. I’m good with that because my journey is why a little girl can see herself in the mirror now in a successful me. I’m that little girl, looking in the mirror, seeing me and being “Entirely Grateful”!

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