YOU ARE AWAKENING, MY DEAR

We still have a few months to go, but there is no doubt that so much has happened this year, and now, you’re starting to see things in a new way. You’re paying closer attention to the details. Your gratitude is growing. This year, you’ve been strong and you’ve been tender. You’ve shown up with courage and you’ve taken time to rest. I hope more than anything that you can continue on this journey of seeing the world in a new way. I hope that as the days and weeks pass and the seasons begin to change all around you, a desire to learn and grow will run ever-wild within you.

Stay in the present. Let these become the days you look back on with gratitude for how you chose to come alive here. Let the photographs you’re taking be the photographs that remind you: all along, the little things were worth so much more than most would give them credit for. All along, every day, Light was pouring in a million subtle ways. And you chose to capture them. You chose to hold on to them. And years from now, this will matter more than you know. No one can take this from you.

You may not know where you will be a year from now, but this moment, right here exists all on its own and every new breath you breathe is an invitation to come alive in it.

So continue to make the most of where you are, as you are. Continue to trust that you are free to let Light in, even when the future is uncertain. May you continue to experience a beautiful, meaningful life all because you chose to see how it all begins right here in the present moment.

And one day you will look back and be so glad you chose to step forth in this season. You will be so grateful that even when you were met with resistance, it was worth it to keep breathing through. It was worth it to keep trusting and believing that there was so much more ahead of you.

And not that this present season is perfect and it is everything you thought it would be, but it is a place where you are learning and discovering there is just so much more to discover here. And even though you are being challenged, you are growing.

Your heart is opening
and you are seeing new things come together,
you are awakening, my dear,
you are awakening.

Word of the day: Awakening (adj) “coming into existence or awareness.” (Oxford Languages)
Journal: What are you awakening to?
Affirmation: I am awakening.

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Sincerely,
Morgan Harper Nichols
@thestorytellerco
@morganharpernichols