04/05/2020
Give yourself grace ๐
Letโs talk about Grace. Non-filtered.๐๐ป Authentic. The real you. Grace.
The topic of grace came up with my clients last week, as we cycle through another week of Quarantine. Feelings shared of overwhelm, anxiousness, frustration, and well, just not feeling like they are enough.๐ซ
And I told each of them they are!
They are a great leader. They are a great parent. They are a great business owner. They are a great spouse. They are enough.
They are more than enough.
โจYOU are more than enough.โจ
If you are trying. If you are giving your best, and not the best youโve ever given, but the best you can give RIGHT NOW, you are doing great!
If you are trying, and you feel like youโre not enough, then my ask, for you today, is to give yourself GRACE. Give yourself Grace in the kitchen. Give yourself Grace in your office. Give yourself Grace outside.
Whether it is office work, housekeeping, parental duties, yardwork, exercising, or trying to cook the healthiest meals, give yourself some grace! Please.
If you need to cry, cry. If you need to scream, scream. If you need an hour on the phone with your best friend to laugh, or mom/dad to reminisce, or a sibling to vent.... take a little time for yourself, for a VIDEO chat with them (get some virtual face time in with them please...they need it too, and just didnโt tell you).
If you need comfort food over greens, celebrate with your family favs around that memory-filled table!๐ฝ If you need a movie tonight, over combing through those emails piling up, snuggle up with your kids/pups and enjoy one!๐ฌ If you just really want to sleep, donโt worry about the laundry that needs to get started and sleep in an extra hour!(that last one was for me right now!๐๐ปโโ๏ธ I made it to 8:00am today!!๐).
But my point is... If every day, you can SHIFT YOUR FOCUS from the overwhelm of what you are not getting done .... to focusing on making just ONE personโs life a little better, a little happier, a little more joyful, and quite possibly, just a little more CONTENT even, during this time, you did GREAT things today! ... and if you do it, I will bet that you, yourself, will feel more content with how your day went too.
And if you are still reading, Iโm going to ask that you share below๐๐ป, where you are. Not your physical location, but your state of mind location.
If you are at a point that you need to give yourself some grace, share with me what is going on, and I would love to be the person to help you find more joy in the situation.
If you did something to bring more happiness, joy, or more contentment to someone today, share that with us as well. And it doesnโt have to be a grand, world-changing effort.... remember, itโs all about making just one personโs life a little happier today.๐ค
And If you were someone who gave yourself Grace today, please share that too.
We need to share with each other, not only the great moments of perfection, but also those...
authentic,
non-filtered,
the real you, .. moments of grace.โ๐ป