Raise your hand if your in love with the person you were in High School.⠀
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I’m assuming the audience is close to silent right now.⠀
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Raise your hand if you yelled at the kiddos this morning before daycare,⠀
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And love that person.⠀
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Raise your hand if you were snippy towards a coworker within the last week,⠀
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And wish you could go back.⠀
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Well guess what friends,⠀
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We can’t go back.⠀
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But what we can do,⠀
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Is start over.⠀
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Right here.⠀
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Right now.⠀
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We don’t have to be that person we used to be.⠀
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We don’t have to be that person that we were eight hours ago.⠀
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We have the power of NOW.⠀
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In this minute.⠀
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In this moment.⠀
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You are enough.⠀
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You are worthy.⠀
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And every single second, is a chance for a new start.⠀
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Push past the old, no matter how many minutes, weeks, or years it has been.⠀
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And start being the you that you want to be…⠀
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Right now. ⠀
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Well isn’t this vulnerable?⠀
Show up when I’m still growing?⠀
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Like- when I’m still a mess?⠀
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Trying to figure it all out?⠀
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In the midst of mistakes?⠀
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And chaos?⠀
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And uncertainty?⠀
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Why yes, doll. That is the answer.⠀
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Show up while you are still growing!⠀
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Why? You ask?⠀
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Because the process is beautiful.⠀
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The process is pure.⠀
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The process is raw.⠀
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The process is part of your journey.⠀
Embrace it all- mistakes, chaos, uncertainty- ALL. OF. IT.⠀
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People love you for ALL of you. ⠀
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The parts the were shiny from the beginning,⠀
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The parts that have a bit of gleam.⠀
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And the parts that are rusty, peeling, and making all sorts of wrong noises.⠀
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Let the world see you.⠀
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All of you.⠀
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Beause it’s beautful.⠀
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Sending so much love to you today <3 ⠀
This quote was shared with me at a military conference.⠀
And it hit me HARD!⠀
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Like really hard!⠀
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Do you find yourself leading others without success?⠀
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How about without success from a few specific people?⠀
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Do you seem to keep getting caught up in the same battles?⠀
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Desiring something that they aren’t giving?⠀
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Repeating yourself over and over?⠀
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Giving up on them?⠀
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Let’s be honest, some people just aren’t cut out for the job.⠀
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But before we get to that point⠀
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Ask yourself⠀
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“Do I understand their story?”⠀
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Do I understand what motivates them?⠀
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Do I understand what the toughest obstacles are for them?⠀
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Do I understand what makes them tick?⠀
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Do I understand what paralyzes them?⠀
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If the answer is “no”, there’s work to be done my friend.⠀
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Lead. Love. Understand.⠀
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Sending love to you all today <3⠀
