Acceptance

Last April I took a trip to the beautiful Smoky Mountains of Tennessee to try to reconnect with myself. That trip resulted in so much more than I could have ever imagined! I met some amazing women 💕, learned a lot about myself, and found my strength. The rock (bottom left) is a physical representation of some of the things that were weighing me down. I carried those things inside. Yes, I was afraid to let them go but once I did, the feeling of freedom was transformative. 

That rock lives at the bottom of the lake now, those things are no longer weighing me down. Sometimes we have to admit to ourselves that we are broken in order to heal. I felt so much shame for not living up to what society says that I should be but there is no shame in being myself, right where I am. We all have had our battles but carrying around the burdens weighs us down. It is impossible to move forward without being honest with ourselves and admitting that we’re in a negative space. I learned that if I start feeling negativity or stress creeping in, I can ‘change my shape’ and FEEL those feelings but also let go of things that did/do not serve me. Letting go is empowering, not failure. 

We fail ourselves if we hold on to negativity and let those things destroy us from the inside out. There is power in transparency not just with others but with ourselves too. 

Acceptance is how we move forward.