Acceptance

“God grant me the SERENITY to accept the things I cannot change. The COURAGE to change the things I can and the WISDOM to know the difference.

I am a firm believe in Divine Timing, I also believe that we all are on our individual life journey and pathways of life and what is meant for one may not be intended for another.

Yes, there are always rare exceptions to rule or glitches in the matrix however those exceptions are not common.

Which leads to me acceptance. There’s an old saying you made your bed now you have to lie in it. Ultimately acceptance is accepting the responsibility for your decisions. As life is only a boomerang of cause and effect. Action and reaction.

So when we accept “WHAT IS” and do away what we think life “SHOULD BE” something magical happens. You stop resisting and you flow. You surrender to the will of the universe and realize that I am exactly where I am meant to be. In this moment and in this space it’s all connected each dot connects to the other like a puzzle.

I accept that there are no mistakes in life only lessons. I accept that where I am today is where I am intended to be. I’ve had some pretty amazing life experiences to last me a hundred lifetimes. Life experiences that most women only see in movies. I will never forget those moments.

So I have no regrets, I remember living in a two bedroom apartment in public housing with one bathroom. There was one way in and one way out. I remember playing outside and a stranger pulled a gun out on me for no reason at all. I remember my eyes growing wide and as my body was riddle with anxiety. My reaction seemed to amuse the stranger because he laughed and drove off. I never forgot that day.

I remember my Grandmother fussing at me because I didn’t have any business down there anyway. I was told to stay on the porch. Again, life is filled with actions and reactions.

So when I sit in my office and listen to my children play in our backyard I am grateful, that they have a very different life than what I experienced growing up.

I am grateful for my husband who goes to work every single day and works hard for the family business, that hopefully one day will employ our children and their children.

So yes right now we are in a very different season of life, it’s called building, it isn’t easy or fun. It takes patience, resilience and optimism. I look forward to the day that we can retire somewhere tropical but for now we are rooted here and I accept that. I am rooted but I flow…

I see women who seem to live amazing lives, and I genuinely support them because I understand how Divine Timing works. There are some seasons were you are meant to sit on the bench and then there are others when its playtime.

The key is accepting each season and making the most of it.

Life is cynical. It isn’t linear and there’s a time for everything

There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

²     a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
³     a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
⁴     a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
⁵     a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
⁶     a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
⁷     a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
⁸     a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.

xoxo Alishia