Overcoming

I have overcome a lot.

If I have, I know you have, too.

What do you see in this picture?

I can tell you that it took getting sober, for one thing.

Realizing I am whole and complete, exactly as I am.

I can tell you all about the dysfunction of the first 41 years of life that I used to be so proud of.

I can tell you about how I have spent over a decade doing the deep excavation of my past traumas and ‘defining moments’ and how I did the deep, healing ‘work’.

And I can tell you how I’ve burned bridges and rebuilt them, and accepted that some relationships refuse to heal, and that is no longer on my part.

I have taken full responsibility which has allowed me to show up EXACTLY as I am.

No longer giving my power away to the external. 

I am not part of the ‘in-crowd’. 

I do not have an ‘entourage’.

I used to let that get me down and keep me believing “I am not enough”, “not worth it”, and “no one cares anyway so what’s the use in trying”.

B.S. = belief systems

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There is a LOT going on with me in this picture that no one would ever know if I did not choose to share.

Choosing courage.

Choosing myself and the bond I have with my horse…..the horse that is the reason I am still riding today.

Choosing to show up in the face of my past, fully present and genuine.

Honoring my own personal drive for healthy competition to nudge me along in the

journey of learning and becoming the horsewoman I envision.

I Love. To. Improve.

As Within. So Without.

We all have stories.

We all have a past.

The question is how do I choose to show up for myself today? What story do I choose to create?