Breathe

I haven't written in a while simply because I haven't felt inspired. However, I was cleaning my apartment today and I just felt so blessed and at ease that I just had to pick up my pencil. (I start writing my blog posts on paper first)

I always find it amazing how sometimes you can make it through storms and evade obstacles and it is not till later on when you might be doing something as simple as a walk that you begin to reflect on how far you've came.

Sitting here writing this post I can honestly say I feel content, as though everything as it is right now is how it should be. The doors that have opened for me and the doors that have closed for me have both taught me lessons I could never have learned on my own. Sometimes experience is the best teacher.

I think my problem is that I always want to know that things did or didn't happen because I orchestrated it that way. This mindset however is why I believe I struggle and worry so much because it simply isn't realistic for everything to happen your way. To a certain extent we are in control of our lives and we can hire, fire and promote accordingly but it is important to remember we are the CEO's of our lives not tyrants.

The calm I feel now has been in letting go of feeling as though I need to know exactly what my future will be like and micromanaging it. In doing so I found to embrace surprises and even unexpected hardships even though it's difficult. I find it comforting to look at problems now and ask myself "What is this trying to teach me?" other than "Why is this happening to me?"

The mind is so powerful which is why it is important that we realize we must believe we can because that is only half the battle. Our only obstacle is ourselves. I've heard this many times before but it's true the toughest battles are the ones between your mind and heart.

Release. Let Go.

Work on finding inner peace this week.

Xoxo, Gabrielle