Jennifer Xia
Take a Moment
This is kind of a strange video. There's no music in the background, just the quiet and loud chatter of every day life. But I hope that this can be a video you turn to if you are ever looking for a little bit of peace and reassurance that everything will be okay. Read these words. Or just listen to the sounds. Breathe. Take a moment. It will be okay.
Much love,
jenn
This is a new day. What happened yesterday and the week before and what happens tomorrow is part of the past and future, a concept that doesn’t exist. This moment you are living and breathing is now, the present. This moment is what you make of it. Be all in.
When we are heavy with grief, worry, and fear, each morning, each breath, is a new beginning. Hold all these bad feelings. Understand what you are feeling and why you are feeling it. Do not dismiss the weight you carry with you. But do not allow yourself to be tied down to things that are simply temporary. When you feel and believe that this pain will last forever, remind yourself of all the times you got through it and survived. Pain makes us kinder. Pain makes us stronger. Pain brings color and meaning. There is only up from here. Struggle reveals the true beauty in life.
There are so many reasons we have to be unhappy. But we are powerful beyond measure. We choose what we let manifest into our life. Whether you believe in the law of attraction, thoughts become things. You are what you think you are. If you tell yourself that you will never be okay, you never will. If you tell yourself that you are unworthy or undeserving, you are. It is unnerving how many things are out of our control. But it is terrifyingly wonderful how much of ourselves is within our power.
We are capable. We are deserving. We are faulty. Undeniably flawed humans, but nevertheless trying. We are simply human. But when you find yourself lost, in thought, in dreams, in despair, try and take a picture memory.
Take the moment to commit to what you are feeling, who you are in that moment. Are you angry? Sad? Lost? Happy? Peaceful? Carefree? Honor your feeling. What is it trying to tell you? What do you need? When you are unsure of what you need, take time to practice gratitude. Remember when you wanted what you have now. When you are grateful, you understand the magnitude of what you have lost. No matter where you are in this moment, lean into any joy you find. Joy is the most vulnerable emotion we can feel because of the fear that it will be taken away. But things are always in flux, so choose joy when you have it. Grasp it. Spread it. Remember it. Cherish it. All the big things, and small things, and things in between. Hold them close, as if you have something to lose. It will be okay. This feeling will be a lesson with time. Just breathe.
