I’m on a new journey.
I know where I’ve been, but I’m learning to not look back. The past does not define me. Yes, I walked through it, but it’s not who I am. I let the past pass through me like a fond remembrance of an old friend.
I know I have a future, but that future is not mine to determine. I have as much control over it as I do over the weather or the wind. I’m learning to let go. This is my greatest challenge. To define where I want to go. Know who I want to be. And take the next right step. To focus solely on that next step and not farther on the path ahead.
“The present, the now,… this is for me.”
The present, the now,… this is for me. This is where I’m learning to stand and breathe. To let go and to “just be”. To focus on my light, my soulshine. To nurture it to a point where it radiates from me and allows me to warm others with its glow.
Have you ever encountered someone in your life that radiates soulshine? It doesn’t matter what they look like on the outside, what their circumstances are or what words are flowing out of their mouth. It’s a feeling you get when you encounter them. A sense of joy and peace that is shared through their light. This is who I want to be. That is where I want my path to lead.
“It is not an easy journey.”
It is not an easy journey. There have been and will be many failures. There is regression. There is fear to overcome. There is confronting long held beliefs and looking at them through a new, and ever changing lens. It’s a path of self discovery, but most importantly of acceptance and growth.
I’m sharing this with you, my friends, not to preach to you or share what I think you should do. If you encounter what I’m processing (And that’s the whole of what I’m doing here, processing.), please just examine it for yourself and possibly try it on for size. Like a pair of shoes, the fit is never right for everyone.
“…nuggets of insight and love can come from the most random of places.”
I’m laying it all out for others because I know nuggets of insight and love can come from the most random of places. They have for me. My hope is my journey will one day provide understanding for another soul who is struggling to find their inner peace and love.
Take a moment. Close your eyes.
As you deeply and slowly fill your lungs with air let joy flow within you to fill all pockets of your body with goodness and happiness. As you breathe out, let peace wrap around you in a blanket of calmness, comfort and acceptance of what was, what is, and what will be.
Breathe in joy, breathe out peace.
Today, and everyday, let your soul shine.
-V
Joy and Soulshine 