#leanintothebounce

[jeanettewages]

She was always who she needed to be. Even when she felt lost and alone. Even on the days she knew she had not been her best.

Sitting with herself, she was whole. Being with those she loved, she was amplified.

With every day, every lesson and every victory she proudly sauntered down the path of truth, the path to herself, her purpose.

[jeanettewages]

You’ll never own her. You’ll never change her. She is magic. She is madness. She is peace, hope and joy. She is a storm and the sunshine. She is free as the wind. She is the waves of the ocean. She is a wild thing. Do not tame her. Love her as she is. Create a safe space for her to land. A place for her to be as she is. She’ll be drawn to you like the moon Gently calling her to shore.

[jeanettewages]

You never know what you can do until you try. Never know who you can be until you focus on your inner truth.

No one is born being able to do anything but breathe and the rest we have to learn. The fastest runner in the world once only knew how to crawl and stumbled on their first steps.

We all get lost in the outside voices of what we should want and who we should be. Reset to that moment when all you knew was how to breathe. Focus on that breath and clear out every voice that isn’t you. Go be the you that lives in your own heart and mind.

[jeanettewages]

She was born with a fire inside her A passion A warmth

She had been burned before Her fire grew

They had tried to freeze her out Her fire kept her safe

She was forged of fire She does not fear She has the power to sustain life The power to burn everything to the ground She does not fear the flames She does not fear ice castles

[jeanettewages]

She’s scared of hurting them She doesn’t want to be the bad guy How does she walk away When at moments they were so kind The tears had become overwhelming The fear of setting them off The boundaries were just blurred lines Her sanctuary lost She finally got the courage She looked them in the eye This isn’t working out for me Then she turned and said goodbye

[jeanettewages]

We cannot force other people to change, but we can create change within ourselves. We can work each day toward improving our human decency, kindness and tenderness towards the world. Perhaps changing ourselves for the better will inspire others to do the same. You never know the impact your actions will have on someone else.

[jeanettewages]

She had been here before. The chill. The darkness. The place in someone else’s shadow.

She had been there before. In the warmth. The light. The place in the spotlight.

She had learned to appreciate the time in the shade. Learned to let other people be the center. She had seen the darkness the shadow could bring out. The envy. The gossip. The pain.

She breathed it all in. Took her moment on the bench. Then remembered she did not need the spotlight. She had her own light within. Once she let go of all her armor, her light began to glow again. Illuminating all who chose to be near it. Only leaving darkness for those who turn their backs. Those who chose to look into their own darkness. Their own shadow.

We all have our light, if we choose to shine it.

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