You can’t rush your timing, it will happen when it’s our time.  Just a reminder to have patience.  Things have an amazing way of turning out, so often in ways we don’t expect or see coming.  I wanted to add this on the day after Thanksgiving so we could all appreciate ourselves.  Not to be egoic or narcissistic, but I don’t think we appreciate ourselves enough.  We put all of this pressure to achieve certain things by certain times, we hinge our worth on others’ opinions, our monetary/material possessions, and our ability to accomplish everything (burnout).  But we have to look at the purpose of life—as I discussed yesterday it is in the joy of the daily living and appreciating what we have.  That means accepting the season we are in while we are in it and knowing that every season has its time and purpose.  I know patience isn’t easy.  I mean, I am naturally driven to move, and I don’t often understand the need to wait for anything we can have now.  Not to mention we are all so spoiled with near instant access to anything we want.  But when it comes to developing who we are and how we are received and perceived in the world, when it comes to creating a life of meaning and value, we can’t rush that.

Our value comes from the work we do, the impact we have on people’s lives and that can’t be done overnight.  Sometimes it takes people longer to see what we do when it comes to the value of what we offer.  Some never see it the same way—and that is ok.  We need to remember our own worth and appreciate who we are and know that what is meant for us will always find us.  We get in the nasty habit of comparison and think we should be at a certain point because we see other people there.  We can’t compare our timing because we don’t know how long or what they had to go through to get there.  It’s a matter of learning to lean in and enjoy the moment and truly feel what it’s telling us.  All the answers we need are there.  All the pressure falls away.  We aren’t meant to drive ourselves crazy proving who we are: we are meant to simply be who we are.

That’s the last point of timing I want to add here: the sooner we know ourselves and deeply connect with that person, the sooner our path unfolds for us.  Then we stay in the magic as long as we can.  There are absolutely things about this universe and even this planet we still don’t understand, but I am 100% certain there is a reason for all of it.  Having that little bit of faith is enough to make me trust that it’s time to give over and stop trying to make things happen in any other way than they are meant to.  If we think about all the time we try to make things happen, we realize that it’s a waste of energy.  We need to spend our time connecting.  Clearing what doesn’t serve and aligning.  Once we do that, the rest follows naturally.  All we have to do is accept and believe because this world has always made things turn out.  Even if we felt the world was ending, we are still here.  That means we still have purpose.  Breathe, believe, and allow—it will bloom when it’s meant to.