Something happens.

Something happens when you stop believing there is something inherently wrong with you,  something for which you owe an apology, and instead choose to love your perfectly imperfect self for exactly who you are.  Right now.  Today. 

Something happens when you stop holding your tongue, stop stifling your laughter, stop shushing the songs that play in your heart,  and instead lean into the knowledge that you came to live out loud.

Something happens when you stop making excuses, stop putting your needs to the side and start taking care of you.  You.  You.  You.  Because you are worth it right now.  Today.  

Something happens when you learn to accept the unknown, when you learn to relax into the uncomfortable and when you learn to stay loose and wait for the next curve ball.

Something happens when you stop thinking in terms of "us" or "them," as "wrong" or "right,' as "friends" or "strangers" and start embracing the whole of humanity- the entire messy, delightful, complex and glorious bunch. 

Something happens when you forget to be afraid of the dark, and instead grab a flashlight and follow your curiosity out into the night.

Something happens when you realize that there is nothing wrong with doubt, with questions, with honest investigation, and you start to do the work to unravel the threads that tangle up your mind. 

 Something happens when you stop saying "no" and start saying "Oh, Hells Yes!"

Something happens when realize you are stronger than your disappointments and fears, and you drop them on the sidewalk and simply walk on by.  


What happens is acceptance.
What happens is joy.
What happens is health. 
What happens is wisdom.
What happens is play. 
What happens is rest.
What happens is adventure.
What happens is peace.
What happens is faith.

What happens is love.