Once Again, No Title

"Sometimes, we just have to jump and believe that we will be just fine.  Sometimes, we just have to be silent and disconnect from the world and trust that it will be there when we get back."

Good morning. Every since I spoke these words last week, they have become more and more real to me. Last week I made a decision to be completely open and honest to a friend about something that I'd really been struggling to share. Even though a lot was put on the line and my heart was totally open and vulnerable, I still walked away knowing that I had been as transparent and as honest as I could humanly be and that I should feel really good about that. And though things haven't seemingly gone the way I'd hoped they would yet, I am okay.

There's an old Zen saying that goes, "once you leap, the net will appear." In other words, the worse that you can do is stand on the edge wondering which is better – the comfort of where you are OR the possibility of comfort in where you could be. Jump. The worse is that you will get hurt, but in the middle of your pain, trust and know that life has a way of working itself out, and that God definitely has a way of healing all wounds.

If you haven't loved, try it. With all of its "quirkyness", there's still nothing like it. If you haven't let go of something, pay attention and notice that you're standing still while the best things in life pass you by. If you haven't needed anyone, keep living. If you haven't healed from past hurt, find the root of that pain, positively apply it to your life, then uproot it. If you struggle with putting yourself in a place to be loved, you can stop because you are still going to be loved anyway. If you struggle with finding someone to love you, look no further. In the mirror resides someone who can (if given the chance) love you unconditionally with no equivocations.

If you've leaped and the net didn't appear and now you are in a place of pain that's seemingly unbearable, step back and reassess your actions but don't back step all of your moves. You're at this point for a reason. Take a minute, be still, shut up, and stop trying to figure it out. Revelations are manifestations of divine will or truth. You'll never figure it out anyway. But one thing's for sure…you will be ok.

"You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don't live the only life you have, you won't live some other life, you won't live any life at all." -James Baldwin

Peace – Kimberly

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