Have you ever taken a
moment to reflect on how far you’ve come and where you’re going, the next step
you should take and if you took no steps at all what would really happen?
Writing Life a letter this week is all about
self-reflection, moving forward, walking in your purpose and…defeating crazy
with courageous…no matter the obstacles in front of you!
When was the last time you
wrote Life a letter…and just let it
all out?
I personally have
never really written one, well I have in this book I’m writing (another
part of my process)…but it goes in a completely different direction…yea, that’s
another story for another time…but I have
never written one that was just to Life in general like this one.
Pre-GYC-Disclaimer:
We have all written or spoken a letter to
Life and the way we write or speak it depends on our relationship with
it…therefore, as some may know I am ALL,
all over the place and this letter will more than likely read this way but I
mean…this wouldn’t be Girl YOU Crazy
if I didn’t right? Right.
Let’s get into it…
Dear Life,
It’s funny how we live
you everyday, yet we question the reality we see…I guess you know where
this is going!!!
But when I’m left with my thoughts, I just wonder…
Why are you not as pure and
simple as this paper?
Maybe that’s too
deep… let me start again…
You must get these
letters a lot…? I guess I
could say, “I hope this letter finds you well” but I guess this letter is not
about you but me writing you, and telling you what is on my mind…
HMPH…
I’ve come to a point
where it seems as though you are seriously pressuring me and everywhere I turn
is a LESSON… (I’m not
yelling, I just want you to know that I recognize/acknowledge/know these are
LESSONS).
Learning one thing after
another…encountering this crazy, that crazy and they have the nerve to think
I’m crazy but Life when will they
learn, my crazy is in perspective, profitable and we call it courage…Can
I get a witness???
But honestly, the reason I am writing you…since you already
know all of this stuff is…
The different experiences of the past and present seem to
keep placing me at sink, sail or swim
back to shore moments, which ultimately remind me… “don’t let go…”
There comes a time or many, and I believe this is mine,
since we have been creating aha moments and all that but it’s time to look at
the process (my process) and recognize where I’m going and did I volunteer to go
or did I just end up here…and is there a reason to stop, start over or keep
going?
Whatever the answer is…Am I actually in Operation
Forward Motion?...because none of this matters if I am not moving forward and
just making noise where no one is listening…been there, done that, saw it and
continue to see it…and I don’t like it for myself or anyone else!
So as I write this letter, I will explore these questions...
Personal Open
Reflection for us to explore in a conversation with our beautiful Life:
+Where did I start?
+Why did I start?
+How did I start?
+Do any of my where, why, and how’s relate to each other???
+Where am I now?
+Do I want to be here?
++If not here, Why? How will I get somewhere else?
+This is where I want to end…
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+But where will my actions/decisions allow me to actually end?
The other day, I made
a sticky note about all of my experiences to see how and why I could move
forward…and you know what I realized Life???
That this life me you live
together was (past tense) missing some understanding in my actual experiences…and
I have way more experience than I knew I had…and at age 23, so I’m
wondering, how many of us have really taken the time to know what we have
experienced???
Do we give ourselves proper
credit? (Please refer to Don’t
Take the Elevator…)
Do we know and appreciate the
journey we are on?
“The person I
am is the person I have become, the process can attest to the journey that has
only begun.”-My truth
I know we sat down
before and had a conversation about stop
being nosey but all of these lessons I’m learning, those questions above
really place things in right now perspective…and the two of us have
greater things to do…I know it!!! So, I
refuse to let/allow/approve any of things or people that will keep me from
receiving my directions and instructions, which is a serious fight and
strengthens my knowledge to know that the best IS yet to come…
But can I just
vent…because that’s what I do??? Cool? Cool.
I’m almost done…but what I don’t say here, I say in
my thoughts and actions---
GYC Girl
Girl GIRL YOU CRAZY Rant…I have to! And yes this is like 1 sentence)!
When I think about my life and the lives of others that face
criticism by those thinking they’re doing a favor for something bigger than
them or even a favor to you without genuinely
asking YOU, about YOU before talking negatively/criticizing/bashing YOU…I
remember that in actuality it’s just a response of their own self-reflection
or lack thereof…but I won’t retaliate/argue/give any more air than this quote (I
wrote) below because I know that you, beautiful Life, have great instructions and
directions for me to live and be all of me, so when people see US (YOU, ME, WE)
may our confidence, strength and boldness shine, maintain it’s character and
say…
“If you don’t
understand the vision (the vision for my life)…don’t criticize the image (me)!”
Life, thank you for showing
me how to be in Operation Forward Motion, and reminding me that I am going
somewhere that I am supposed to be voluntarily…I love you…but you already know
that!
Sincerely ME,
GYCGirlYOU…know the rest!
Your turn, what letter will
you write Life…
Dear Life,
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