Friday, May 19, 2017
Just a quick rant
I knew what I was going to write about
on Friday, but God loves to really solidify things for me with
random epiphanys. Yes, I meant to spell it like that (some of you will
get that joke). One of my sisters (by God, not DNA) received her MBA
this weekend. I am so proud of her. Her (real) sister threw her a
surprise party and her closest family and friends were there. We spent a
good 45 minutes going around the room telling her how much we loved her
- and there were so many tears of gratitude, from all of us. One of the
best feelings is to hear how much people are appreciate/grateful for
you. I said to her, I hope this gives you the ammo to consistently
remind yourself how amazing you are (it didn't come out as eloquent
because we were all crying like an Iyanla: Fix My Life episode but
that's the gist).
Rewind
(some more) - Remember the Shine affirmations I told you to sign up
for? Well, if you joined, Friday's message was " It's easy to notice
external things in our lives... but we often struggle to extend the same
courtesy to ourselves. Go internal today Sioban"
OK-
rewind (some more..more)... last Tuesday (after I sent a delayed newsletter)
I went on twitter and said how I know you guys read them but I never
really know if you value them. Of course people said they did and I felt
a bit reassured. And I said to myself, why can't I reassure myself. I
was almost to the point where I was gonna start sending these less. Then
that happened and I was renewed and came to my senses (see subject). I
need to be my biggest cheerleader versus my biggest critic. Then
Friday's message comes. Then Saturday happens. And my sister's friend
said how much she likes the emails (cause my friend forwards them to
her) and again I'm shocked. I obviously didn't learn my lesson yet.
SN- Your kind words never fall on deaf ears. They are appreciated more than you guys can ever know. And hi to the new people!
OK
- the point of this long personal intro? We are human. We get
discouraged. Often. However, training ourselves to be gentle
on ourselves is how we move forward. I became this hoodrat hippie
because I was OVERCOME by negativity. I knew I needed a change but I
didn't know how to make it better. I was looking for it a magic pill, or
a book, or in others (friends, family, lovers - and I use that term
loosely), but it had to be me. It wasn't a miracle. It was
a conscious daily effort to make the decision to be happy. I write these
emails to help others, but they mean so much to myself as well. So we
in this jawn together.
OK- Rant over.
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