January 28, 2023
Dear Pebble$,
Deep Exhale.
The days are short, and the years are long. Opportunities are quick, but the windows are quicker. You grab me, or you miss me. You see me, or you don't.
It is learning that other people fighting in your corner for your cause is a reminder for you to do this for others. It is recognizing that life is lived forwards and understood backward. I can't steal that line - I got it from Pastor Dharius. Since I heard it, I've been meditating on it.
Your life starts to mean much more and increases in value when you realize how privileged you are & can be if you open your heart. Our no.1 assignment in this world is to pour and pour until we have no more. Then go inside and refill. Take your time and some moments for yourself. Ideally, we should aim to pour into ourselves not too long after pouring into others. This prevents us from being off-duty when we are needed the most.
Translate this as you will and not out of context. Don't take it out of context and create something else. If it's for you, take it. If it's not, keep it moving. I mean that with the utmost respect. Because too often, when we reach points of burnout, we nullify messages that are NOT meant for us and try to translate them in a way that serves us in our situation to make us feel better. But the intention of the message is,
If, you were in a season where that was the encouragement you needed, it wouldn't seem toxic.
So, let's stop dumbing down messages in our times of despair because they are 'offensive.' Change the frequency. Mute the video. Mark the Ad as irrelevant. Don't let it affect the way you process and live life. Don't do that.
Inhale. Deep exhale.
This will be a good year, but you have to be patient. You have to be open to opportunities, moments, and conversations. Moments and conversations with people. Interactions with places. An openness to gain and let go of things.
Exhale.
"Life is lived forwards and only understood backward. Ain't that something, ain't that something."
