For years, I lived tightly controlled within and without, due to those I lived with who needed me to toe the line or else.
Yes, I will be quiet when you’re reading your newspaper, and I won’t speak during dinner since the nightly news is on, which it must be, according to you.
In college, I moved to the beat of my own drummer. I swam Friday nights while my friends chugged glasses of beer Uptown.
As a young married woman, I did my best to be the conservative woman my husband desired I be, until I felt fraudulent in the clothing he liked me in…until I eventually leaned into becoming who I truly am.
It took time to birth authentic me.
And it was worth the years it took!
Believe me when I say that living beyond boundaries that another has of us is the way to live.
Being allowed to BE who WE ARE is an amazing gift to our souls and to the world.
It’s up to each one of us to thrive beyond boundaries others set.
Like these Black Eyed Susans who live beyond the fence, happy campers on the driveway shining away.
Do you sometimes feel bogged down with life?
Could you use a reminder that your deepest longing is to heal into the soulful person you are created to be?
Would you like to evolve into a version of yourself filled with peace and joy?
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Life is short...belonging to our unique lives deeply matters.
