When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

What if you found awe and reverence in the fact that there is a force so powerful protecting you — perhaps one you cannot even name or see or even believe in — that is refusing to let you have even the things you beg hardest for because there is something else you are so destined for?

The resounding feeling that you’ll experience is one of total defeat. You’ll wonder what’s next, and how you will ever possibly go on. Right now, you’re able to measure what you’re going to lose, but not what you’re going to gain.

Deep down, the relationship that ended was a distraction from the relationship you don’t have with yourself.

It’s hard to let go, but it’s harder not to.

What we are looking for is not a life path that is easy, but one that is worthwhile. One that we are willing to hurt for, to reach for, to stretch for. One where the difficulty doesn’t become a deterrent, but a subtle motivator. One where we can go home at the end of the night and close our eyes and feel at ease with the fact that we tried our best

If we do not answer this call, it will continue to show up in our lives, often in similar patterns and feelings. We will continuously return to wondering: “How am I still here?” or “How did I get here again?” The answer is that the same wake-up call keeps coming in until our subconscious minds agree to embark on the journey of our own becoming.

for all of the unknowns, for all of the vulnerability, for all of the days you spend staring at the path and not knowing what could be ahead, what nobody tells you is that it’s worth it.

I hope that instead of wondering and worrying how you will ever move forward, you can simply recall all the other times you feared you never would…and did. You can remember that you never would have imagined exactly what led you to most good things in your life, and I hope that will inspire you to keep your heart open to wonder, to mystery, to the

What we envy in others is actually a cue for us to become clearer about what we want to create for ourselves. We aren’t actually trying to say they don’t deserve that, but rather, I want to feel like I deserve that, too. Jealousy reveals our own self-suppression.