Have you given yourself permission to be you? Acceptance. The dictionary describes it as favor or approval. Have you accepted all of who you are?  

I’m on a journey of healing. When I say hard, y’all I mean HARD. The undoing and forgiveness it takes is a lot. You know when you sustain a physical injury and at the start of physical therapy it hurts but that’s how you get the strength in that area back? Without going through the painful part you won’t be able to use the injured part to its full capacity. Did y’all catch that word?!? Pain is inevitable. It is necessary. Huge pill to swallow, right but not impossible. Literally every day, all of the actions, situations and decisions we make or experience adds to us. It guides us to the next. It all is how we ended up here, where we are today. There is immense beauty in that. The fact that all your bad days created your good ones. It is empowering to own all of yourself. To get rid of the shame and anger because things simply didn’t feel right. In those moments things were not right but sometimes you gotta go wrong to get right. That’s the blessing. You survived to inspire and keep going. Your life is the blessing. Your truth is powerful. Your sheer existence is a message therefore you and everybody else must take you as you are. 

As this new month begins and the state of the world and our leadership changes you remember everything is for the greater good. Give yourself permission to have peace, acceptance, and favor. I pray you give yourself permission to live as only you can. I pray you show up daily, even hourly as all that you are. I pray your faith in yourself through God is revealed like never before. So this week, month and even into the next year. Love yourself. Love all of yourself. Give yourself permission to be loved as you are. Right where you are because it’s where you are supposed to be. You are who you are supposed to be.

Embracing that will take you to your next step. There is more and you will get there once you have peace for yesterday and today. Do not dim your light. Do not hide your dopeness. Accept it. All of it. Take yourself as you are. #SincerelyJam