Speak your truth...

The past 4 months have been an eye-opener for me and how I view the world. The views I had before all this started were completely different, my faith and so many things has changed drastically, I no longer take for granted every breath I take. I no longer look at my children the same, now I look at them with a profound sense of pride for all the things they endure and have accomplished in the past four months. I do not feel fear in any way, because fear is debilitating, fear stops us from doing or being what we were put on this earth to do. I have emerged from a shell that was holding me back from my dreams, my aspirations, and from everything that I was meant to be. So I no longer allowed it to live in my space. In this space, only greatness and empowerment are allowed. I no longer allowed the negativity of what surrounds me to take over, I will no longer STOP myself from the happiness I deserve. By no means this is me declaring that this world is ok, we are surrounded by fear, negativity, hate, by the notion that some are better than others, but it will no longer be allowed in my space. In these 43 years, I have been gratefully allowed to be on this earth, it has not been an easy journey, but the lessons I have learned are palpable every day, every day I look at the past and say THANK YOU each day for the journey, it has made me the person I am today. I look at it as a life well-lived, not every day should be easy, because what would be the challenge in that? I want to continue my journey by being challenged each day to have those difficult conversations, to keep being humble, and with my feet planted at all times. To question each experience and learn from it. The world I live in now is not the same as 43 years ago. I will continue the journey, and learn the difficult lessons I’ve yet to learn.