I often find myself in a rush to find the answers, to make sense of things, to FIX things... However, this morning, I am slowing down and letting things be.
Peace of mind seems harder to come by and even more difficult to maintain these days. My mind races with to-do’s, what-if’s, and should’ve-could’ve, would’ve’s. I am a 35 year old new mom, fairly new wife, old friend, new friend, daughter, sister, cousin, employee, coworker, member, neighbor…And I’m trying to get a hold of what I should now look like- function like- in each of these roles. I grapple with present role and function even while I simultaneously reach towards all that I have yet to become and walk in regarding my purpose. The internal- and sometimes external- pressure to Be and Become what I am suppose to be as quickly as possible sometimes swallows me up into a cloud of overwhelm. Nevertheless, I have no doubt that it’ll all ultimately settle into place- that I will be what I should be to those God has placed in my life and walk in the totality of all that God created me to be.
In the meantime, I exhale. I pause. I write. I release. I take deep breaths. I share… I share the pieces of my process in hopes that someone else may be helped, encouraged, comforted along the way.
With that said…I present to you Shared Pieces: Pieces of Me, the Blog part II. I dare not commit to a release schedule for entries. I’m not there yet. But what I will commit to is wholeheartedness and authenticity in what I do share.
Farewell for now.
In His Love & by His Grace,
AJM Ellis