Giving Birth

Hi Blooming Season Family! 

I’m so exited to be back in this space with you guys. 

Thank you for taking the time to connect and explore different topics with me. 

This past week I’ve had more time to dive into different areas of my life, it has been both exiting and challenging. 

As I was working on some new projects, I felt the heavy weight of resistance pushing against the progress that I was reaching towards. 

I was sweaty, frustrated and felt more stuck than anything else. 

I asked myself, “Why is this so hard?” 

The answer to my question showed up right away in one complete sentence : 

“This is what it’s like to give birth to yourself.” 

I immediately surrendered to the uncomfortable feeling that accompanied doing something new. 

As soon as I let go, new ideas began rushing in as if they were standing by just waiting for me to get out of the way. 

If we choose to live our lives on the path of growth, we will experience new and improved versions of ourselves as time goes on. But the only way to have these experiences is by giving birth to them. 

God already placed all of the materials inside of us that we need to become the best version of ourselves. 

It is our job to spend time on what we have been given, to water it, have patience while it grows and then give birth to this new part of ourselves. 

What do I mean by giving birth to ourselves? 

Just like when a women gives birth to a tiny human. I’ve never done it personally but I KNOW the process of pushing a tiny human out of your body is not pleasant. 

I’ve seen it in movies, I’ve heard stories and my God it is not something you do with a smile on your face. 

Yes, this sounds dramatic but I compare that painful process to giving birth to a new and improved part of yourself. 

You’re bringing a part of yourself from inside of your mind to an outward manifestation. 

It’s awesome after you've done it but the process is not cute. 

I know you’ve pictured yourself doing something awesome in your head. 

What have you pictured yourself excelling at? 

• Maybe you’ve pictured yourself being more social, calling your friends and family. 
• Maybe you’ve pictured yourself in better shape, eating healthy and working out consistently. 
• Maybe you’ve pictured yourself being a successful business owner. 

Do you know that these pictures are actual possibilities of who you can actually be?! 

Those mental pictures are not merely fantasies. 

You can give birth to that version of yourself but it is going to be painful my friends. 

What have you pictured yourself accomplishing? 

When you think of yourself one year from today, what do desire for yourself? 

Take a moment to think about that. 

I just want to tell you that you CAN bring this version of yourself out of your daydreams and into real life. 

It’s going to take some painful pushes, a sweaty forehead and risky hours of uncertainty but it’s been done before. 

I want to encourage us both today. 

Let’s keep pushing! 

Each day that we are given the gift of life, we are also given the opportunity to choose to give birth to a new part of ourselves.

Brand new days should not find us EXACTLY the same every 24 hours over and over again. 

Let’s challenge ourselves to continue becoming who God created us to be. 

The best version of ourselves is already inside of us, waiting for us to be brave enough to take some bold steps forward and surrender to the pain that comes along with giving birth to this part of who we are deep inside. 

• Nothing awesome is easy. 
• You can do hard things.
• You’re alive and that is WILD. Your existence is miraculous. 
• Expressing gratitude for what you have can shift your mood in an instant.  
• The journey to the destination is the best part of the whole story. 
• Practice love and patience towards yourself. Be nice. 
• Practice patience and understanding towards others. We all need it. 
• If you do not give birth to the person God created you to be? That person will never exist. That person will be laid to rest 6 feet under the ground one day with all of it’s potential, dreams and undiscovered fire. Don’t let that happen. Please do not let that happen. Get it all out. Every bit of who you are.