maybe I just need to live it out.

the path of least resistance.

the thing about transitions and the level-ups we desire is that we don’t have to fight tooth and nail for them. we don’t have to go out of our way, do the most, or create unnecessary force or friction. what’s intended for us arrives and unravels gracefully and subtly, in the same way that the leaves fall, and one day we look up and see bare branches and trees. we can trust God’s rhythm, pace, and timing.

radical (but not rigid) responsibility.

lately, I’ve been challenging myself to take more radical responsibility for this life of mine. not in an, “it’s all on me”, push through on my own human effort/will type of way. but moreso in a “let me trust God, but let me also get in intentional motion” type of way. 

these past few months I’ve resided in an in-between, liminal space. things are shedding, but what’s to come hasn’t fully arrived yet. for a little minute there I was beginning to feel like a deer stuck in headlights. it felt like nothing was moving (atleast not fast enough to my standard) so I stopped moving too. I realized…I’m only “stuck” if I stay still. maybe I don’t need another pretty journal to plan it all out. or another mood board to convey and communicate the visual and aesthetic elements. maybe I just need intentional and aligned movement. and to show up and try my best, daily, while accepting that my best may vary (and that’s okay). sometimes we have to get active to get answers.

maybe I just need to live it out.

we house so many questions, but the answers won’t come from living in our heads, overthinking, or strategically planning out every move we make. if life is a dance, why do we get so stiff? so rigid? so off-beat? so off-rhythm, and out of harmony? I think the answers we seek are unfolding, we just have to give them time to.