When you think it’s too late , when you believe you can’t or you choose “I won’t” for the moment, inspiration will lift you and pull you to your feet.
Will you listen , will you rise, will you pull up courage and determination, will you work hard, will you strengthen where you feel weakest, will you believe in yourself and encourage your own destiny to be all you want to be and find out you can be even more along the way, will you raise the bar for yourself , or not?
Here is a story of my 39 year old daughter, she is an inspiration, a light in the world that carries deep pockets of courage and determination and she believes she can and there for she does.
Many years ago she wanted to be in law enforcement but life had other plans for her to learn from first. She became a very successful business woman at an early age. No surprise there she was determined from day she arrived in the world , actually before that. (that’s another story).
Then she went on to create herself even more success in another career and had two beautiful children. So many changes and so much growth along the way but an unsettled desire to be in law enforcement.
I’d asked her everytime I called” what are you doing”, she’d answer with reservation “I’m at work” , there was something missing, was it desire, a passion, so one day I asked “if you could be anything what would it be?” She answered , a cop or an English teacher.
I don’t know how many times in the day she wondered and thought about all this, but I know it all became a decision and off she went. I have no idea if my questions opened a door that she needed a little crack to see through or if something I said mattered.
What I do know is that it’s important to challenge a thought and ask questions, that’s where exploring ideas, sparking dreams and possibilities come from. It isn’t our place to push, it’s our place to listen, ask and open doors where possibly over time we become so settled in what is we forget what’s possible or believe it’s too late.
Her answers prompted me to ask more questions. I could hear her working through it with more than wonder and one day she said “I’m going to take my law enforcement test.” Then she got her book to study and reinforced her love for working out and she made a goal, her dates kept getting moved closer and closer than planned and soon she was done testing , wow the depth of tests and paperwork were amazing.
I want to tell you this story because her inspiring strength and determination to DECIDE and take the leap is a testament of what inner strength and courage can do, how it’s never too late even if you have already built success, which she did. She could have stayed doing what she was doing forever.
What is success to you?
Here is my painted expression highlighting her new courageous journey. May she always be safe protecting our communities with many brave people like her and may her success in all things bring her and her family happiness and a legacy of courage that continues in for generations.
Are you scheduling your time to serve your purpose and goals?
When organization of time is left to chance , chance will win.
Some days there are interruptions, distractions and things just don’t happen to schedule, however the organization of time allows you to start to feel a pace set, overwhelm starts to disappear and organization begins to lead you to your goals.
Are you getting up a little earlier to give yourself time to reflect on your day ahead with intention and purposefully going into each appt. and goal for the day with presence , or are you thinking about the 100 things you need to do?
Journaling to release the ideas and thoughts that are circling your mind and causing overwhelm will surprise you while gratitude even on the worst days.
“Write It” To reclaim your power… thoughts become ideas , ideas become goals and goals become clear when you journal.
Do you journal daily, weekly or at all?
What time is your favorite time to reflect and write?✍️
Just a reminder my book “Write It “ by Kerri Elizabeth … is available on Amazon and Barnes and Nobles and makes a wonderful gift.
Have you ever had a disagreement with someone while you’re looking at the exact same thing and both of you see it completely different or you both hear something and hear it completely different?
How can that can even be possible, you’re looking right at it, or hear it clearly and so do they.
Have you ever continued to disagree, trying to convince the other person your point of view or look at them like they lost their noodles, feeling your adrenaline rushing as you’re trying to make them see and hear and feel what you are, needing it as if you need air for that moment?
Frustration , misunderstanding, different interpretations and now a full blown meltdown you can’t get them to understand or see what you see. Rejection sets in, abandonment, turmoil inside is triggered and love is left behind by emotions you had no idea where there.
Over time and through growth and experience the solution is found, seen, worked on, you’ve now come to a place these things just don’t bother you, until one day it shows up again……
How do you react or respond ,not to the other person, but to YOU?
Our reactions and responses are purely from our own point of view, we have to make room for change, recreating , healing and intentionally wanting to be a better version of ourselves , while leaving room for others to do the same, “Write It” and you’ll see.
The titles and education were told would define you when you were younger, go to college, work for this company or that or you won’t amount to anything, you can’t do that it’s not realistic, you shouldn’t do that it’s not who you are.
You need a title at the end of your name, you need to fix your hair this way and weigh this much. When you wear these clothes and cover this and show that you’ll be respected or not respected. Speak this way to that person and that way to this person. if you live here or there you’ll be treated this way or that way.
Learning who you really are and the defining have been passed down for ages. It’s takes courage to speak something different, to be different than what you’ve been told you are your whole life, should and shouldn’t come with shaming and create crevices of emptiness just waiting to be filled by your own strengths.
Learning what defines yourself comes in time, in bravery to learn your own language, have your own experiences, navigate your own way through emotions and decide under all the titles, including mother, father, sister, brother, adult child etc. who you are, with no titles .
How do you navigate between what you’ve been raised to think, believe and do without rebelling against it in pure determination to be something different in pure spite that often ends you up even deeper into someone else’s definition of you. You”re kicking and screaming to the world your NOT that while you become that even more.
Clearing the fog off your lenses takes work so you don’t continually end up in someone else’s definition repeatedly.
“Write It”, write to reclaim your power, journaling your process clears the view , your blueprint created for you and the one you want to create for yourself takes work and takes time , it’s takes effort, it requires strength and determination, patience with yourself and understanding from yourself and others.
Here is Beautiful @sara_haller_realtor , she is a very special person to me, her journey and strength and her story is one that inspires and leads with purpose and passion. Zakary (my son)and her journey lead us together on a path that has forever connected us.
She got her book and here’s what she has to say so far…. (I don’t even have my book yet lol)
Oh my gosh I was half asleep but I got your book last night and was determined to crack it open. So I did and OH MY WORD!!!! I just read the first couple pages and was in awe! It was soooo beautifully worded, wise, thoughtful, deep and loving all at the same time and Im going to read it again just so I absorb more. I LOVE IT ALREADY! I was too tired to write but for the first time since I was much younger, I want to write. And your book gives the perfect opportunity to do both, read & write!
I’m going to order my mom one. I’ll catch up w you soon but I had to tell you how impressed I already am and just want to give you the biggest hug for turning the darkest days into massive ascension & HARD inner work for yourself and now for the collective.
For me 2023 gifted me a platform to realize just because we spend our whole lives thinking one way , doesn’t mean it will be that way and growth is hard and it requires pain and being uncomfortable and feeling all the things you wish away most often.
It’s in those moments you want to wish away that have the most significant impact of change and growth for your future best self, so keep going through it until you reach the other side, don’t stop at the worst parts, notice them , feel them and have gratitude for it all.
SONSHINE FOR YOU 