you've got you babe

first you thought...

i got this.

i know ignited, i know unstuck, i can rise, i can shine.

and then...

hard things happened. and you felt extra dim, extra stuck, extra depleted.

maybe i don't got this.

and then you did the work.

to strengthen your self.

to learn how to lead your self, to guide your self through.

remember when you used to wish for a good year... no hard things… this will be MY year!

and then you learned...

hard things are a part of being alive. part of living and loving and healing and helping and striving and seeking... part of being a human BEing.

and now you know...

this will be A year.

there will be ups and downs... hard things and easy things and wonderful things and boring things and things so beautiful it will bring you to your knees.

and that, my friend, IS living.

it's not: you got this.

that's no longer the goal.

because some stuff will be so. fucking. hard.

but you’ve got YOU.

your strength is what will get you through.

that's been the miracle of this work. you've strengthened your sense of self and now you’ve got YOU... no matter what life sends your way.

your physical goals this year have been: strength. stability. stretch.

funny, i think those might also be life goals... your intentions for being your favourite self and for living your favourite life.

strength. power. vitality. you have what you need within you and you have your own back, always.

stability. steady. balance. through life's ups and downs... through the storms and crashing waves... YOU are your steady centre.

stretch. ease. mobility. as life and changes and evolves.

you won't always got this.

life will absolutely knock you down or out or back or sideways.

but you’ve got YOU babe.