joy healer {bella grace blog hop}

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"cling to what is good"

romans 12:9

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i need to make it clear 

 there are things in my life i have come to know

and 

one of those many things...

  there are mountains i may never be able to climb 

there are mountains i may never forget...

yet 

still 

i stand

i climb

i crawl

wobbly legs

shaking knees

bad assed

 and 

willingly

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if i told you how very important it is to trust ones self

would you believe me

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trust me when i whisper this to you...

i have decided to be my own joy healer 

 my uplifting tribe to chant sweetly my ability

for me to stand tall

i'm showing up for my life

{again}

i'm showing up for my life

present

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concious

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"come away with me in the night

come away with me and I will write you a song"

nora jones

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{trusting me}

 what i've learned to be the ingredient that was missing for so long

{trusting myself}

the more trust a woman shows herself 

then

 the more a woman remains on a path of authenticity 

it's a pinch of this 

a

 teaspoon of that

the smokey paprika whirling in that slurry that binds the gumbo

the pinch of sweet currry

a bit of vanilla in the frosting 

that 

makes you close your eyes and smile with each spoonful

a hair flip

a pat to the afro

lip gloss for no reason at all

trusting myself blazes a trail of feel good vibes

restores my strength

...brings my warrior to the surface

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{what about trusting the process}

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the dirty dishes

scraped knuckles

the i miss you

the dead roses

the rain

regrets

fears 

the 

ups

the 

downs

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{while your trusting me}

know this

i have broken my own joy enough times 

that

i could rewrite the book on let-downs

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"touch me with no hands, hold me with your eyes"

alina baraz

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{still}

i continue to connect the roots of this old oak

 in which 

i tangel myself within the stories of others

 as i walk this dirt road

recognizing

 each magical piece 

sometimes damn messy pieces along the way

coffee

glitter

art

fear

love

loss

beauty

ups

downs

storms

 sun rising in my palms

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joy

amazing joy

joy 

that heals

joy

that mends

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"you got my soul"

bryson tiller

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xoxo

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this post is part of bella grace magazines blog hop

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