 The quote above was written in the corner of my journal, years ago.
We don’t want people to know our story. It's hard to be vulnerable. Maybe we’re not feeling courageous enough to change our story … Maybe we don’t know how … Maybe we think we don’t ‘measure up’ … Maybe we are afraid of being judged … Maybe our dream turned into a nightmare … Maybe we are afraid … Maybe our voice is only a whisper … Maybe it will turn into loud, anguished sobs … Maybe we will be abandoned … Maybe we will be alone … Maybe we have lost religion … faith … hope … Maybe we think we’re unlovable … In breaking the silence – our suffering can be a light of strength. Sharing our story … Opens doors to heal hearts … (our hearts) … Creates pathways to change … Breathes courage into the very depths of our souls … Brings in people who understand … who will walk with us … Who will lend their shoulder for our sobs … Who will love us just as we are … Vulnerable … Authentic … Weepy and snotty … Angry and hurt … And we feel a flicker of love … And we let it in … just a bit … It flames the tiniest speck of hope … entwined with a fleck of faith. We soften, letting down our guard as we break our silence … We are incredibly brave. Perhaps standing alone … perhaps with someone good to lean on … knowing we can take a breath … Knowing we have broken free. My Encouragement to you: Share your story. Bring in counseling if you need it. When I did, it validated my Truth. It made me work at seeing Truth – how feeling my emotions was a good thing – even though they were awful! A great Anne Lamott quote: “I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out-loud, because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.” Yep – that was me! Be brave and speak. You don’t know the light you will bring into someone else’s life … let me assure you, you will. Namaste Debbie www.debendres.com
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... It hasn't been an easy year. Certainly not what any of us expected as we closed out 2019 and welcomed 2020 a year ago. We have changed. Life does that. I'm not going to enumerate ... each of us holds those changes deeply in our hearts. Many of us are living cautiously with determination and hope. My hope is that we move forward with strength, compassion and love bigger and brighter-than-ever for our New Year of 2021. In welcoming 2021, I am doing a house blessing in my little cottage house. Opening some windows to allow negative energies to leave with ease, I start at the front door and move in a clockwise direction. I ask that when the time is right, all can cross my threshold safely and be blessed. I use sage and cedar for smudging, adding frankincense on doorframes and say a prayer in each room. I throw open the backdoor and go into my yard, planting my feet firmly on the ground - Mother Earth - and gaze up into the sky with a grateful heart ... May all find health, peace, joy and an abundance of love as the days move forward. May forgiveness heal brokenness and may acceptance build bridges and bring more Light into our hearts and our world. Blessings to you as you close out 2020 in your own special way. Cheers to us and 2021! I have a little "House Blessings" booklet you can get for .99 if you like. Happy New Year! Namaste Debbie  |