The Caterpillar Who Grew It's Wings

Here we are in November 🍂 and it’s been quite a year. One of growth, change, and challenge. Truthfully, there’s been a lot of learning and unlearning over here. A lot of hard-look-in-the-mirror moments that sting. It’s been painful, but a good kind of pain. The type of burn you feel when rubbing alcohol hits raw skin, getting rid of bacteria before infection spreads. Or when Grandma spread ointment over your wound, tingling as it formed a protective barrier over what needed covering. As the year phases out, I’m digesting and making sense of all the lessons. There are core affirmations that I always come back to when I feel I’ve lost my footing. These are those affirmations: I am healthy. I am creative. I am brilliant. I am strong. I am comfortable. I am articulate.  I am organized. I am complete.  I am stimulating. I am fearless. I am welcome. 

Affirmations to be Free God allows me to be free.  I am free.  I can breathe easy with Him. I am not afraid with Him.  Because He’s never been the one that lets me down. I get my strength when I’m with Him. I am free. He is loyal to me.  He keeps me.  I am energized when I’m with Him. I feel creative when I’m with Him. God allows me to be free.  I am free. 

I am comfortable in my own skin. I am comfortable with my emotions. They do not intimidate me or define me, but they are a part of me. I am comfortable in a familiar environment. I am comfortable in an unfamilar environment. Because I am comfortable with who I am. I allow others to be comfortable around me. I am comfortable around people who look and think like me. And I am comfortable with those who don't. I feel connected with whoever I am with because we are all human. I am comfortable with people who are in a higher income bracket than me and I am comfortable with people who are in a lower income bracket as well. I am comfortable in my own skin. I am comfortable with me 🌼.

I  am blessed, not damned. I am not cursed. I am healing, not sick. I have life not death. I am covered with the blood of Jesus. No harmful words spoken over me will manifest in my life. All evil power is broken over my life. Darkness scatters, and flees out of my mind, out of my life, and out of my future. In Jesus’s name. Amen.

I am smart. I am pretty. I am talented. I am loved. I don’t need to do anything to become that because I already am that. I don’t need anyone to validate that because I already know that. I am smart, pretty, talented, and loved – and I love who I’ve become.

Affirmations for a heavy heart 🫀 Things will get better.  I think on good things. My situation will change.  I cherish what I have. I do not overthink.  I rest.  Life is not as bad as it seems.  I focus on the beautiful things life gives me.  I strive to be a better me.  I trust the process.

I am organized.  I plan out my life.  I give myself time.  I spend my time wisely. I complete tasks bit by bit. I am structured. I am free. I am not overwhelmed. But I am organized. I plan out my life. And I give myself time. Ashe.

I deserve a love that's consistent. If someone walks out of my life, they weren't meant to stay. If I walk out of someone's life, I trust my decision.  A failed relationship doesn't mean that I've failed. I allow myself to feel pain. I do not identify with my pain. I allow myself to grieve. I do not identify with my grief. I am worthy of a healthy, consistent, healing relationship. I will not stay in a relationship that makes me feel unsafe: mentally, physically or emotionally. I will not stay because of fear that I can't do better. I'm confident that I will have a stable and secure relationship. So it is.

I don’t meditate on the wrong people have done to me; but I also don’t excuse it.  I have grace for others. I do not hold grudges. I forgive people that hold grudges against me.  I don’t hate people just because they hate me. I allow people to have their opinions.  I keep an open space in my heart for my enemies. I do not harbor ill will toward others. I do not speak ill about others.  I forgive people even when they don’t think they need to be forgiven. I forgive people who label my good intentions as bad.  I free myself by freeing others. So it is and amen.