🐠Lighthouse Survivors 🐠
Turn Your Wounds Into Strength
Riding Out The Waves
Tough times will happen. When we’re prepared or unprepared for them, they can come in waves. We have a tendency to fight against the current when tough times emerge. You would think riding out the waves would be easier. The problem is we want to change the situation and/or the outcome. So we fight against it. Wishing with all of our might and using the last of the energy we have left. We start to feel like we’re drowning.
The hardest part of riding out the waves is acceptance. Accepting that we can’t change the outcome or even people. Sometimes it can be easy while other times it can become difficult. Try to ride out the waves. Use the energy you have left to ride out the tough times, no matter how long it takes.
See the beauty of what is coming and what is no longer.
Let Your Soul Bloom
Bloom where you feel most at home.
Even when weeds and drought come your way, bloom.
Let the sun warm your soul. Let the sun shine it’s light within you. Always understand that when it rains, it is needed. You have the strength to bloom in to a beautiful version of yourself. Take time for yourself. Nurture your soul. Take care of your heart. Take time for yourself and allow your self to grow. Let inner being shine through.
Let your soul shine through, bloom.
Forgiving
Forgive.
One of the hardest words to understand and one of the hardest actions to do. Letting go of the anger and disappointment can be difficult. There isn’t a timeline or a how to book on how to do this.
I have learned that keeping the anger only hurts you. Forgiving someone doesn’t signify that the action was correct or warranted. Forgiveness means you will no longer hold onto what is hurting you. You are choosing you.
Let the past be what it is. Accept it for what it is and not what you wish it could of been.
Forgiving someone isn’t easy. It is much harder to keep carrying the weight of anger in your heart and soul.
Find Your Footing Again🕯
There are times in life when the mountain begins to be too hard to climb. It’s okay to let yourself be sad. It’s even okay to be a total hot mess.
One thing life has taught me recently is that it’s okay to not be okay. A close family friend who in all honesty is family contracted Covid. The strength I had left during this time of uncertainty had popped and I have truly been a hot mess. It felt like the flame of the candle has out and I was surrounded by darkness.
The hardest part of life is getting back up again.
The only thing we can do is try a little harder everyday. Take things day by day instead of figuring out everything in a rush. Give your heart time to heal. Give yourself time to breathe again.
Slowly but surely you start to feel like you again. There is no timeline to this, take baby steps if needed. You learn to stand again even if your legs feel like jello.
Don’t let life suffocate you.
You’ll make it out of this phase of your life, keep your faith. 🖤
Inside And Outside
It can be hard to love yourself. I mean truly love yourself. It can be hard to understand or accept how unique you really are. You have dreams and aspirations that no one else has. You are your own galaxy. There is no one like you.
It comes down to loving who are inside and outside. Your appearance. Your weight. Down to your toes. You are not defined by your weight and size. Your are not defined by the clothes you wear or the brands you buy.
Your heart and soul is what defines you.
Treat yourself with kindness and admiration. Start taking care of yourself, like you truly do love yourself. Don’t love yourself in sections. Love yourself entirely.
Being A Human, Nothing More And Nothing Less
Some people (like myself) have a hard time showing our emotions to others. For some it may show weakness that they’re not comfortable with. For me I don’t want to feel like a burden to others. Especially when our emotion we are feeling doesn’t match someone else’s.
I’m here to tell you this. It is okay to feel sad. It is okay to feel mad. It is ok to feel scared. Whatever emotion you are feeling, it is okay. It will be okay. We go through ups and downs. Life has it’s ways to show us at times that it is fragile.
We are human. Don’t always expect to feel like you can take on the world. Let yourself feel whatever emotion you are feeling. Be patient and kind to yourself. We weren’t expected to live a perfect life, simply just to live.
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