Now Is The Time

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Bring forth your pain
Bring forth your insecurities
Bring forth the shame that has crippled you all these years.

You have been given permission to release it all.
Now is the time for you to let go.

It won’t happen overnight.
It will happen slowly

At first…

Only to gather speed as you begin understanding your life, understanding the words, actions, and feelings that have brought you to here and now.

Can any of these be changed?
No, they are from the past which cannot be altered.

However,

You can learn to look at your life from a different perspective.

Should you have said those words?
Maybe not, yet you understand now of the damage they have done.

You learned from that experience and will now change how you respond when similar situations occur.

You learned about the consequences from not thinking things through and so your actions have also changed.

Your feelings have lingered and that has made you cautious and wary. But you must move forward, it is what needs to be done.

So…

Work through your pain, insecurities, and shame. Work through them all.

That way you will be able to be present not only now, but for your future.

For your future is what you make of it.

— Nicole Barden 3/21/2021

Originally published in Blue Insights on Medium