Journey Through.

She didn’t know the power of love. Or that it could introduce her to a world like this. She had not the slightest clue that love felt better coming from the inside out. She didn't know how soothing her own words of compassion could be and didn't dare consider the healing power solitude. That’s why she mindlessly chased togetherness.

At one point, there was no such world free of her own debilitating thoughts…

She wasn’t at all familiar with surrender, but eventually was forced to let life become the teacher. Then it all shifted. It got really bad before it got good. But she kept going. Then came a world where empowerment came from forgiveness, peace of mind became a force, and love became her super power.

Just keep going forward.

Love,

Nia

Just Focus.

You know what you want, and what you deserve. It’s not that you forget, you just put it in the back of your mind time and time again. You’ve been conditioned to believe that the approval is outside of yourself and that validation comes from the other. From another.. You didn’t realize that the only validation index was within self. You didn’t realize that you had the power that they all wanted. You didn’t realize how easily you gave it away.  

Why didn’t you stop to think, that the key to peace was in your hand the whole time? Your perspective and your truth has the power to transform your world and has the power to minimize any limitations. But you refuse to use that power to set yourself free.

Always hold on to and protect that power, because the minute you go outside of yourself you stumble.. You have everything you will ever need within you, and keeping that in mind is an overwhelming responsibility. Others have used your own power to mold you and to limit you. Take it back. Just stay focused you. Just stay focused on your power. Just remember that it starts with you.

Love,

Nia

Be Free.

You cry too much, it makes you look weak. You’re too soft spoken, no one will take you seriously. Stop overthinking everything, it’s not that serious. You’re shy. You’re a slow learner…

What we entertain enters us without us even knowing. Things that intended no harm, but made an impression. An impression only realized through adulting. Things that we’ve used to define ourselves and how big or small life can be. I’ve harbored shame without even knowing. I’ve felt helplessly bonded to titles given to me by strangers and loved ones alike.

Freedom wasn’t always a happy place for me. Freedom didn’t look the way I had imagined it. It didn't look or feel free. Then I humbly learned what freedom really was. Life got brighter when I actively began to work towards that new definition. All it took was intent.

Freedom is defining who you are. To define who you are, you should really get to know who you are. And to do that, you must face accountability. The thing is, accountability is best friends with shame.  And shame hurts. Shame makes you want to hide from yourself. From your truth. Shame made me hide from myself.

But who suffers when we hide? Each of us suffer if we allow freedom and shame to bully us into who we were told to be. How we were told to act. We win when we press forward despite uncertainty, and when we welcome accountability for what it really is. Our teacher.

Teachers open up our world to the unknown. Give yourself the freedom and the permission to be the best teacher you’ll ever know.

Love,

Nia