Thursday, March 27, 2014

....and the story continues: a dedication for my sister


Today begins a new chapter. It's a book of life. A story of love. I have many loves and soulmates. One in particular is a lovely little golden haired beauty. She has been in my life the longest of my soulmates. The thing is, the day she was born something inside my subconscious little 3 year old spirit just knew! She was tiny and soft and a mystery...and loud, very loud! :) But never the less, she was mine all MINE! (I would share her from time to time with mom and dad)

We grew and we evolved. Sometimes together, other times apart. But each and every endeavor was met with a faithful heart and a fierce strength that we both had always nurtured in one another. A yin and yang. A give and take. A harmony. A symmetry. A balance. Ever changing, always creating new paths while never falling too far outside of our unexplainable yet undeniable pull, like gravity. 
And here we are, finding ourselves on opposite ends of 930 miles (to be exact). Life has put time and space between us. Something we have faced before but this round, there's a difference. There is an unwavering steady binding us. Maybe it's age or maturity. Maybe repetitiveness has taught our hearts something. Or maybe we have reached our journeys crossing, where lessons once learned and future possibilities intersect. When we can see clearer. We can love deeper. We can live fuller! Truer. 
We can fulfill our self destiny and passions because doing so is a direct link to what the other has seeded and watered and flowered in our soul. 
She is my rock in the scariest of currents. She is a strong & purposeful (yet tiny) raft in the roughest of waters. She is my beacon in the very darkest of hours. And I, as small as I have felt at times, am raised up by her wisdom and strength. Her only true fault is that she can not always do this for herself. 
That is where I come in! 
...and the story continues

Friday, March 14, 2014

Pretty Little Pick-Me-Ups


I'm expanding! (not me personally...well, that too...I'm working on that but that's a whole other blog post!) 
My little blog is spreading baby wings. Very tiny and specific baby wings. If you enjoy hearing me ramble on AS WELL AS the occasional "pretty pick me up" then I encourage you to stop by and visit my new little baby. She's sort of a test run:) 
All of the superficial, fancy-pants, baubly, shimmery goodies you can gawk at! 
If that sounds as fun to you as pulling your own fingernails out (trust me, my other personality completely understands), then just pass this by and continue to enjoy the meaningful and somewhat thought provoking side of moi here at Living Authentically. I won't judge. And I'm sure you'll do the same for me... when I'm over at Pretty Little Pick Me Ups, wearing too much pink, sampling obscene amounts of trial sized products and admiring pics of outfits I'll never own...or maybe I will!:) 
Either way...thanks for stoppin by! 

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Find Eternity in Each Moment

Decide what it is you need to do and do it! Who you need to be and be it! Where you need to go and go there. It is you and you alone who will live your life. Others will live theirs. And chances are, the right paths will cross. Your fate is already in motion. It is up to YOU to interpret this destiny though. It is learning the art of letting go that can create the ease of this life we travel through. "It is about the journey not the destination". This is the truth. 
Once you set your sights on finality, you will forever find disappointment and fear. However, the liberating moment of realization, that there truly is no end-even in death-and that there is only RENEWAL, CONTINUATION, REBIRTH...then you will find peace and happiness and contentment. 
The path choice is always up to you. 
By living your truth, you just allow destiny to play a bigger role sooner! 
And ONLY then will the appropriate pieces fall into place...and at a much nicer pace as well:) 
The sooner we let go, the sooner we will actually enjoy our ride. 


Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Faith in the Unknown

I sometimes wonder what we are being taught by the unknown. The mysteries of life can keep us from our desires and our truth. They rob us of our yearning. They feed the fire that is fueled by fear. Like the literal "?" is hanging above our heads, it becomes heavy and burdensome. We doubt our hearts and allow comfort and safety to be our guide. 
While the feeling of safeness is always welcomed and important, once we find ourselves harnessed to it, allowing it to keep us from moving forward, we are no longer using it for our own good. We have become still. Frozen. Unable to create the irrefutable paths that our journey to the future are meant to take. There are no rules. Only to be true. To be an honest outwardly extension of our inner spirits. To keep focus somewhat distorted...leaving space and time for the daunting unknown. 
Without using force, spiritual and other, gently step out of your shoes. Walk bare footed. Feeling your path, your journey, your freedom squishing between your toes! Linger there. And then breathe in again. 
This, I believe, is what the unknown is teaching us. To breathe. To wonder. To have some of our darkest hesitations met face to face with our courage to continue. 
To be faithful. Yes, full of faith! 
Faith in who we are. Not by how others portray us but, how we see ourselves in the quietest, pure, most honest moments of our lives. 
Place yourself in your dream moment. You know, the moment deep within yourself that you go to, to find peace and complete euphoria. Your internal sanctuary. An image you conjure that is yours and yours alone. The safest place you know. Visualize yourself in that very moment. Look around you there. Now, pull everything you see and feel inward...harnessing all that is love and comfort and security. Know that you are blessed. 
THIS is your guidance. There are no real answers. There are no guarantees. Except for uncertainty. There will always be change and renewal and personal evolution. Unless you do nothing. Unless you choose fear. 
The unknown is a tool meant to catapult us forward. To ignite our bravery! To show us, where we are is where we are meant to be! 
As long as we continue on...