Five For Friday -- (truths)

completely irrelevant to this post, but another truth

This week has found me in my own head a lot; thinking about the consistencies and contradictions that I see right before me, and trying to sort the facts from the fiction in some of the stories I tell myself. I've noticed a few repetitive themes in many of the thoughts swirling around in my mind, and when I did some journaling exercises to distill the many thoughts and themes down into something manageable, five truths kept emerging, over and over again.

1. My life is chock-full of really amazing people. It's absolutely filled to the brim with friends and family who love me, who love Riley, who support me no matter what, who have my back in all circumstances. I am so very lucky to have these people in my life, and so blessed to be able to give back to them in some small way. These wonderful people make me the wealthiest of women in all the ways that matter.

2. I want to do the best job I can as a mother, and I believe that if I can raise my daughter to be accepting of others, to be tolerant of differences, to think about things critically, to trust in herself, to notice the beauty in in the everyday, and to love with a deep, wide and open heart, I have done my job and done it well. The only way I can teach her these things is to lead by example. I guess I have my work cut out for me.

3. It's ok to question. It's ok to wonder. It's ok to think deeply about things instead of blindly following the status quo. It's ok to speak out and speak up and keep asking questions until the questions are answered and the understanding begins to flow. This is how progress occurs and how changes are made. To do all of these things is part of who I am. I like who i am, and I like this about me. Those who don't can just take a flying leap, as far as I am concerned.

4. There is something powerful in being heard, in being seen, in being touched, in being understood. We all need this. Regardless of who we are, regardless of the path we are on, we all need this.

5. Most of us get through the day by trying to do the best we can with what we have. Life gets a whole lot easier when this truth replaces any judgment that was in the way.