courage - 'cor' - the latin for heart. "to speak one's mind by telling all one's heart".
she could never go back and make some of the details pretty. all she could do was move forward and make the whole beautiful. - terri st.cloud
my story matters because i matter.
i have a messy, imperfect, wild, stretch-marked, wonderful, heartbreaking, grace-filled and joyous life. i am fueled by the freedom that comes when i stop pretending that everything is okay when it isn't. i acknowledge the call that rises up from my belly when i find the courage to celebrate those intensely joyful moments even through i've convinced myself that savoring happiness is inviting disaster.
the essential thing in heaven and earth is...that there should be
long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has
always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth
living. - nietzsche
choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance. choosing to live and love with my whole heart is an act of defiance. i'm going to confuse, piss off and terrify lots of people - including myself. one minute i'll pray that the transformation stops, and the next minute i'll pray that it never ends. i'll also wonder how i can feel so brave and so afraid at the same time, but at least i will be very, very alive.
blessed is the man who trusts in the lord, whose confidence is in him. he will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. it does not fear when heat comes, its leaves are always green. it has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit. - jeremiah 17:7-8
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