Checking In
Hello Friends,
Happy new month to you all. September brings with it a lot of growth opportunities and steps in the right direction. So, if you are still disappointed about anything, know that you shouldn’t be. Be excited about the new season. It brings much good.
I am looking forward to a lot of things in September, chief of which is the time to be creative and spend my time creating. I would like September to be about waking up each morning and looking forward to what the day holds in store for me. I want to learn this month, to take baby steps and leave the giant leaps for when they are actually necessary.
Another thing that is important this month, is spending time every morning, to hear from myself or my friends within. I usually do this through writing. Sometimes I do it through talking out loud - seemingly to myself, but always with the knowledge that I will get answers to the questions I have. I let myself be free. I let myself ask stupid questions or questions that may reveal I have shaky faith. I let myself be angry or sad or happy or excited, whatever it is, I just make sure to create that time for honesty with myself and check in with where I am in my head.
If you’re able to be honest about how you really feel, I think it helps you know yourself better. We all wonder - how do I know who I am ? But that is a question that we cannot answer if we never spend time with ourselves, clarifying our thoughts. We bottle the thoughts up and often times it is the fearful ones that get the most attention.
You learn about who you are by learning to listen. You cannot listen to yourself if you do not make the time to do so. It is great to make people a priority, but it is even better to make time with and for yourself a bigger priority. People may call it selfish, because it does not serve them. And that’s okay. As long as you stay true to who you are. Because at the core of us all, is that propensity to serve in the way that we were made to serve. So, find out what that way is and be it. You do not have to do things because of what people want. You should do things to express yourself. Inevitably, someone will gain from it and you would have done it on your own terms.
Have a great week!
And remember to check in with yourselves.
It is important.
Love,
O.F.P.