You got this

Photo by Vivenne McMaster

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I am thinking about you over there in you corner of the world.
I am thinking about you,
yes, you
sitting there with your tea beside you
and you with your long hair pulled back from your face
and you taking a break from writing another chapter
and you awake after everyone else is asleep
and you dreaming of getting the paints out after they go to school
and you warming up after shoveling your sidewalk
and you curled up with your puppy beside you
and you wishing it all away
and you on the cusp of a smile
and you holding tight to that talisman
and you finding your breath
and you on your second cup of coffee
and you still hearing her laughter
and you singing softly withstevie wonder
and you with that frown on your face
and you unsure of what is next
and you wishing for that phone call
and you seeking a home
and you living to the south dancing in the sunshine
and you to the north underneath three quilts reading poetry by flashlight
and you on the coast making this year the year
and you across the ocean breathing in possibility
and you across the other sea changing the world
and you sitting in the moonlight
and you cracked open so wide
and you confused about how it is unfolding
and you in the waiting room hoping
and you wearing your avocado green fingerless mitts trying to stay warm
and you doing the best you can
and you tuning out what you know you need
and you sitting beside fear
and you holding hands with grief
and you gathering the gifts of all of it
and you so deeply hurt
and you hoping it just gets easier
and you face-to-face with you
and you looking down at your heart at your feet
and you wishing for change
and you knee-deep in lonely
and you filled with regret
and you sitting in the quiet
and you knowing it is time
and you believing in peace
and you reading these words…

you are beauty
you are enough
you are not alone
you can laugh
you can hope
you can trust
you can choose love
you can open your heart
you can seek joy
you can begin
you can be open to all that is to come
because you,
you got this.

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I hope these words can be a companion for you today (and tomorrow and the day after that); they are words I am holding on to over here in my corner as I continue to create space for overwhelm at times.

I told my friend Kelly Barton about this vision I was having of some of these words written in little hearts so you could, so I could, put them wherever we most need to see them.

And Kelly waved her magic wand and helped me to make this a reality as she created this delightful, joyful PDF for you to print out so you can look at these words each day.

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Maybe you will put them up in your home or turn them into a banner or tuck them inside letters to friends or leave them for strangers to find or tack them up in your cubicle or paste them into your journal.

We both hope they will simply make you happy when you see them.