YOU ARE STILL WHOLE AND THERE IS MORE TO YOU

The past really can have an effect on you ... but what if this present moment could have an effect on you too? For every single thing in the past that has left you disappointed, heartbroken, or feeling like a failure, I hope you know there are things in the present moment that can leave you feeling like maybe, after everything, you can have hope again. You can learn a new song again. You can believe in love again. I am sure you’ve heard a thousand times of the importance of “letting go of the past” but I just hope you know that when that sentiment does not last, and the burden of yesterday cast a shadow on today, that your story is still being written even if you don’t quite know The How, and when you can’t quite figure out how those wounds will truly heal. You can still pursue peace as a moment by moment thing, knowing that even when you face uncertainty, you are still free to breathe.

So even here, dare to hold to hope. Trust that as long as breath leaves your body, you have more road to go. The past did not define you, even when you still bear the wounds. You are free to believe amidst the brokenness, you are still whole and there is more to you.

And it’s okay to not know what “more to you” looks like. It’s okay to wonder hour by hour through the wild of what that means. Because this, right here, is living. This is learning what it means to come alive and thrive where you are...knowing that even though the past affected you deeply, it did not keep you from being here. It did not keep you from getting to know what was on the other side of everything that happened that year.

The past really can

have an effect on you,

but this brand new day

can affect you too...

reminding you

on the other side of the dusk,

morning came

filled with Light

and found you.

Now is the time to embrace what is new.

(This post here is an excerpt from the Storyteller App series called "Finally Letting Go", available to download for iOS and Android! Free Daily Encouragement Notifications (no subscription required) plus premium features: Longer reads, device wallpapers, journal prompts, affirmations and more included. Free trial - no credit card required.)

Word of the day: Newness “the quality of being new”
Affirmation: “Today I affirm that I am not defined by my past.”
Journal: Which areas of your life are thriving and/or would you like to see thrive?

Sincerely,
Morgan
@thestorytellerco
@morganharpernichols