Color Me Butterfly

Each time we start the New Year, we face it with the hope that it will bring us joy, happiness and prosperity.  Sometimes we find this hope dissipates in a short order of time.  As hours turn into days, days into weeks, weeks into months, before we know it, another New Year is upon us.

This New Year, I’ve decided to take a different approach.  I’ve decided that instead of focusing on myself, I want to embrace a life of gratitude and good will for others.  I’m more interested in paying my blessings forward by inspiring other women to reach new heights.  To encourage them to live life to its fullest.  To motivate them to embrace a purposeful life.  To implore them to cut their losses, and move toward a higher level of expectancy.  To embolden them to make a new life for themselves and for their children. 
 
I like to believe that one day when I show up at the pearly gates of heaven, that Our Father will shine His beautiful rays upon my face, look me straight in the eyes and say:  My child . . .  I’d given you all you needed to live your life to its fullest – a life filled with joy, and peace, and love.  And you accepted this life.

Oftentimes, we strive to reach a height that has already been given to us. . .  a power that has already been bestowed upon us.  In the midst of daily madness, we forget we have an unwavering power that we were all born with and can utilize at any point in our lives.  And if only we take the time to acknowledge, accept, and embrace it – we will be able to move mountains and climb the highest stairways to heaven – right here on earth.

My New Year’s resolution?   To speak and teach and write about this inner power more courageously than ever.  To live well, to be well and to make a well life for myself and others.   And most importantly, to encourage those who are in an abusive relationship – of any kind – to start anew.  To start their children’s lives anew.  To forge a healthier life path for themselves and their children– emotionally, physically, and spiritually.   To teach women that by giving a new start to themselves and their children in this New Year, is to receive a lifetime of new years filled with joy, love, and grace.