Welcome to The Pause. Come on in and make yourself comfortable.
We’re keeping it light and fun today. I wrote this issue after a run-in with my past self that I’m looking forward to sharing with you.
Settle in, take a deep breath, and get ready to pause in 3...2...1...
🙊 The Audacity
This morning I opened a note I wrote the night before my 32nd birthday. In it, various reflections of the year prior were scribbled on the page.
Who had I been at the start of April 2020? What insight had I gained in those 12 months leading into April 2021? What was I proud of? What could I have done better? The miraculous. The devastating. The unexpected. It was all there.
I found myself mmhmmmm’ing and good insight’ing my way through until I read something that socked me straight in the chest and left me breathless:
I am a powerful woman, not because of anything except for the fact that I sit rooted in my truth. I know who I am, and I know why I was put on this world.
I am here to Love.
My love moves mountains.
My love expands lives and possibilities.
My love lifts people up.
Love is who I am. It’s what I do. It’s why I’m here. And I’m going to be loving forever and ever until the day I die.
Well, OHKAY then.
In a moment when I wasn’t expecting it, my past self left me reeling; feeling some mixture of flabbergasted, pride, and awe at my own audacity to put those words on paper.
I was reminded that, when I finally get a moment to be quiet and be by myself, I do know what I’m put on this earth to do. I know what fulfills me. I know what will bring me true love, joy, and peace. I know what to prioritize and what to let fall. And I feel so grateful to my past self for reminding me.
So, for this issue of The Pause, I thought I’d facilitate a moment in which you can sow audacious claims that your future self can reap. A moment in which you’re encouraged to be bold, honest, and even cocky. A moment to remember that, for as busy as you are, you do know what you’ve been put on this earth to do. You do know what fulfills you. You do know what brings you true love, joy, and peace. And you do know what to prioritize and what to let fall.
⏸ Pause & Reconnect
**Get curious. Be kind. There are no right or wrong answers; just what’s true for you.**
Give your future self a gift by writing your answers to these questions out. If you’d like, write it in letter format and queue it up to automatically be sent to you in 1, 3, or 5 years from today.
Be honest. Be bold. Be audacious. And most importantly - have fun.
What’s your secret sauce? What makes you, you?
What brings you fulfillment?
What brings you the most love, joy, and peace?
What’s most important for you to prioritize?
What’s most important for you to let go of?
I hope you leave feeling gassed up and proud of the person you are. As always, thank you for stopping by and sharing this moment with me.
Until we meet again. 🖤
- L