Please join me in a celebration of all you’ve become, with a gentle permission slip to relish it. This reflection invites you to savor the strength you’ve built, the softness you’ve reclaimed, and the joy of simply being alive. Let longing guide you, inspiration nourish you, and comparison fall away as you delight in your own unfolding.

You’ve made peace with the women you’ve been, 

and learned to relax into their loving arms. 

Now it’s time to relish in the one you are, 

to revel in all you’ve become, 

to cherish the product of all of that striving. 

Savoring the benefits of so much becoming, 

and now delighting in this body that has grown, been pretty beat up, 

and rebuilt itself time and time again into a strong and reliable vessel, 

ready to play.  

Blossoming from where you were once broken, 

strengthened from everything you’ve been through, 

fortified and yet softened, 

by everything that’s gone wrong. 

Worthwhile might be hard, 

but hard doesn’t make it worthwhile. 

And you’ve got hard things like you’ve got Tuesdays. 

You just don’t need them to know you’re awake, 

to know you’re living. 

And yet, the capacity is there in case it’s fun to live a little louder, 

a little more vibrantly, than your average girl.  

Nobody can take away all that you’ve become, 

although you no longer need to endeavor the way you’ve always done.

Because it’s time to indulge in the joy of just being.

Comparison is the thief of joy,

And inspiration the seed of adventure.

Let longing lead you to the experiences you yearn for,

While receiving life as it comes with grace and growth,

noticing love woven through the threads of the unfolding.