AS A NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS ERA OF WOMANHOOD…
I AM DOING MY BEST TO EMBRACE THE “ROLLER COASTER” EFFECT THAT MY LIFE TENDS TO HAVE. SHIT REALLY GETS CRAZY: UGLY, SCARY, INTOLERABLE, BEAUTIFUL AND BLISSFUL ALL AT THE SAME TIME. AT TIMES, LIKE ANY OTHER HUMAN I GET OVERWHELMED. OVERCOME WITH LIFES UNANNOUNCED HIGHS AND LOWS, FAST TURNS AND SOMETIMES DEFECTS THAT CAN CAUSE THIS RIDE TO ABRUPTLY STOP. THESE MOMENTS CAUSE TWO THINGS: REACTION OR REFLECTION. IN TIMES OF MY OVERWHELM, I’VE DISCOVERED MY REACTIONS CAUSED MORE SELF HARM THAN HELP AND MY REFLECTION GENERATED A PEACE THAT SURPASSED MY UNDERSTANDING.
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THE EBS AND FLOWS, SOMETHING DIVINE HAPPENS. A CHANGE IN POSITION OCCURS…
I PRESENT TO YOU THE SHIFT. HERE IS WHERE I EMBARK IN A TRANSFORMATIVE WAY OF LIFE. WHERE MY ROLLER COASTER IS NOW MY ROCKET SHIP AND IN SPITE OF THE TURBULENCE, OR THE PIT IN MY STOMACH FROM THE ELEVATION IN ALTITUDE. I AM NOT AFRAID. NOR AM I UNQUALIFIED TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT GOD HAS DESIGNED FOR ME. I AM HERE…
I AM WELL.I AM EMPOWERED. I AM EXCELLENT.
THIS SHIFT HAS CAUSED ME TO STEP OUTSIDE OF MY COMFORT ZONE. NO LITERALLY, I AM ACROSS THE WORLD, MILES AWAY FROM THE SWEET SMELL OF “HOW YOU DOIN BABY”, SEASONED WITH ELABORATE SHOTGUN HOUSES, BEAUTIFUL SOMETIMES UNPLEASANT PEOPLE, POWERFUL ROUX, MIXED WITH THE BEST BRASS BANDS YOU’LL EVER EXPERIENCE AND TOPPED WITH AN INCOMPARABLE SPIRIT -MY HOME, NEW ORLEANS.
FEARLESSLY EXPLORING FOREIGN TERRITORY WHERE I GET TO SEE THE DEEP BLUE HUES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, DRINK FRESH POMEGRANATE JUICE AND ENJOY AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF PITA BREAD AND HUMMUS.
THERE’S CHANGE IN THE AIR…
SHIFTING CAN CAUSE DISCOMFORT, UNEASE AND PAIN BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF ANYTHING. TAKE MY BELOVED MONARCH BUTTERFLIES FOR INSTANCE. BEFORE THEIR EMERGENCE OUT OF IT’S CHRYSALIS THERE ARE MOMENTS OF PHYSICAL ADJUSTMENT WHERE THE BUTTERFLY HAS TO “STRUGGLE”. IT CAN ONLY HELP ITS SELF. THE BUTTERFLY IS TO BE LEFT ALONE BY OUTSIDE FORCES FOR IT TO FULLY EMERGE. IN HOPES TO SPREAD ITS WINGS AND FLY.
THE SHIFT ALLOWS, WELCOMES AND EMBRACES FREEDOM!
I TRULY BELIEVE GOD IS DOING A NEW THING. I NOTICE SO MANY PEOPLE RECLAIMING THEIR SOULS AND SOLE PURPOSES. I HOPE THIS ENCOURAGES YOU TO KEEP GOIN’, KEEP LEARNING, KEEP GROWING AND EMBRACE ALIGNMENT!
HAVE A FRUITFUL DAY!
GOD BLESS,
- JADE KELLY
