Is It the End of a Beginning or the Beginning of an End?

Whenever I seek to create boundaries in my life, I go about it by deciding what deserves the most time and attention in my life.

I am a strong believer of having to put yourself in uncomfortable positions in order to grow. It’s important to appreciate the moments that you’re most vulnerable because those are the moments that will get you closer to your best self.

I’ve spent a lot of time this past year focusing on my spirituality and mental wellness.

I have noticed the words “surrender”, “affirm”, and “rebirth” showing up in my daily life.

To surrender does not mean that you must entirely give yourself up. That is what differentiates “surrendering” from “submitting”. To surrender, in the spiritual sense, means to rid of what no longer benefits you so that you can attain a more fulfilled life. You are to sacrifice the temporarily satisfying agents of life for the more firm ones.

“Affirmation” and “manifestation” are two words that you’ve probably seen often. You use affirmations as mantras. When affirming something or some action that you want to manifest, you are bringing your consciousness to that idea and, ultimately, speaking it into existence.

Through all of this soul searching and more, I’ve welcomed the idea of “rebirth”.

We often hit lows that we feel like we can never come up from, but it’s important to recognize that this is all just a part of life’s journey and the point you are at in your current life is no mistake.

Recently, I hit what I thought was a really deep low. A week later, I received a specific message and it stuck with me. It stated that I should “reclaim the life force that has been lost, and feel a certain enthusiasm for having regained.” It continued on to acknowledge how I’ve become a different person—one who has been initiated through darkness.

One thing to remember when we reach these lows is that it is us purging our old selves and then being reborn because we are ever-changing beings.