The weight of the world…

If you’re reading this right now, I want you to know that you make a positive difference in this world.

I want you to know that you matter.

I want you to know that because of you, someone's life is better.

If it feels like the weight of the world is sitting on your chest making it hard to breathe at times, I want you to know that you’re not alone…..life gets heavy for me too,

it’s currently heavy for me; it’s frequently putting my strength to the test,

And although I struggle I know that I need to love myself a-little extra right now…. and you, the beautiful human resonating with my words, need to do the same;

Because it is during these very moments, when fear, anxiety, & angst make your heart race & steal your breath away,

when stress brings your shoulders to your ears,

When lack of sleep brings bags to your eyes,

& when doubt dances on your doorstep; it is during these very moments that you’re

learning

healing

growing

fighting

& discovering yourself all at once….

& that’s a l o t and at times will feel very very very overwhelming.

You see, the weight of the world is far too heavy for one human to carry, but you carry it nonetheless,

and you carry it so eloquently and with such grace and love and courage..

And while you may think you’re burning alive in the flames of what was,

You’re actually embarking on the beginning of something better, bigger, and brighter..

What you don’t realize is this; you dream so loudly that the universe has to listen,

And it is…. it has been listening and has since processed and is now responding accordingly…. the current heavy days that leave you so exhausted each night speak to this truth…

I know it’s hard and I know you feel like you’re not strong enough to bear such a burden, I promise, I get it. I see you holding onto your hope with both hands, feeling exhausted and overwhelmed and restless;

trying to do what’s right, following your heart and losing your mind in the process.

I share your burden and thus I know that you, too,

have too much passion in your bones and too much fire in your soul to settle and to tread down paths not meant for you…

So please keep going, with tears in your eyes, angst in your heart, and fear in the pit of your stomach, push on.

I know how tempting it is to go back to what you know. I know how much easier that would be. I know that you’re terrified of the uncertainty that exists in the unknowns of your future but please, I’m begging you to keep listening to your soul, it’s trying to take care of you….

Your old life is a bad fit for you now.

There is so much more for you out there.

There is a candle in your heart ready to be kindled.

There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled….

& thus,

No matter how heavy the weight of the world seems; you must know that you are stronger. I promise you, you are stronger; so with arms shaking, teeth chattering, and legs stumbling, press on.

Keep holding on to your hope.

And even if the weight of world becomes too heavy and kills you;

let it kill you; in doing so it will give birth to a new you; a better you, a stronger you, a wiser you; the you that you were always destined to become.

So yes the weight of the world can be debilitating; your worries are valid, let your hope be valid too.

- Yours Trulee <3