This is a love letter

From my heart to yours

From my wellspring of compassion

For whatever is holding you back

From taking the next step

Or even being curious…

 

For the part of you that is

Scared to get honest with

Yourself, scared

To even look

Or feel

The things in your life

That aren’t working and

Perhaps never have

 

For the parts of you that feel

Unworthy

Unready

Unsteady

Overwhelmed

 

To the parts of you that say

I don’t know

I can’t figure it out

I get too easily confused

Or lost

 

I’m terrified of

Rocking the boat

Or making my secret

Truths be known

 

I speak to you with gentleness

And wisdom

Because even these scared parts of

You know that to stay

Where you are is the same

As choosing suffering

 

This scared and tender parts

Know that you have

Suffered long enough,

Too long already,

And that you yearn for

Something different,

Better

 

I am holding your hand

In this safe space

For your fears to come out and

Share their secrets

And divulge the worst case

Scenarios that taunt you into silence

 

When these feelings and truths

Stay locked inside of you

They keep you afraid

Immobilized

Terrified to make change

Even when the change you seek

Will create so much relief

 

I am here to remind you

That you are MORE than

Your fearful parts

You are bigger than

All that scares you

 

You are a courageous and

Powerful woman who possesses

An infinite wellspring

Of creativity and

Resourcefulness

 

Can you get curious about

The part of you that

Somehow knows there is

Another way?

 

The part of you that

Is starving for something

Other than what you currently

Live and know?

 

That longs for freedom?

Yearns for a different way of living

That is truly

Fulfilling

Satisfying

 

More joyful than where

You currently reside,

More than what you

Are tolerating and settling for

Right now

 

Even though you fear pulling at

The thread

You keep tripping over,

Cursing every time,

Activating a longstanding pain

Inside of you that you’ve

Come to know too well

 

An old hurt that has

Become so familiar

Yet you still hate it and wish

It wasn’t there anymore

If only changing things didn’t mean…

Change

 

I’m with you, now,

Reminding you of that time

You did something so difficult

When you called upon the moon

And the wind

And the power of the ocean

 

Do you remember that time

When you became so clear

And support surrounded you

From every side so that

Mountains moved

And created a shift

That changed everything?

 

That time when you felt your fears

Trembling and terrified

And yet you still stepped forward

Beyond

And you did it anyway?

 

Do you regret that?

Do you mourn that thing

You walked away from

That wasn’t working

To make room for something

More aligned?

 

The thing you couldn’t see

Or touch, only feel

The thing you simply knew

Without reason or even proof

Was simply right for you?

 

This is another moment in time

An opportunity for you to

Trust, listen, honor

A calling

That maybe you’ve been wrestling with

For longer than you care to admit

 

This is another moment in time

A crossroads and

Yet another choice point.

Can you feel and trust

What your body knows

And act on behalf of

Your knowing?

 

This time might feel different.

The stakes might be higher

Your responsibilities bigger

It might feel like too great a risk

To simply close your eyes and leap

 

You might hear sirens in your head

All the very reasonable reasons

For why you cannot

This time, this thing,

Now.

 

I am here to remind you

Because in times like these

It’s so easy to forget…

Your yearning and hunger are here

For a very good reason

 

They are a deep calling

From that timeless part of you

That always knows what is meant

For you

And what is not

 

It knows when you are living

In alignment with the deepest

Levels of who you are

And it most certainly knows

When you are not

 

This time, you don’t have to

Do it alone.

You have a reliable, trustworthy ally

On your side,

Someone who can see in the dark

Who has held hands with her fear

And walked the road of transformation

Time and time again

 

Someone who knows the pitfalls,

Who can see your blind spots,

Who will lovingly call you back

Home to your Self

If or when you forget

 

You have someone who can

See your greater Self

The one that lives

Free beyond the confines of

Fear and complacency

And needing to know

How everything is going to

Happen in advance

 

You have someone who knows

The journey into wholeness

And of coming back home to yourself

Beyond where you reside today

To where you truly belong.

 

Of course, you can listen to your fear

And let it tell you what to do

Where to go, how to live

And all the shoulds that come with that

 

Or you can pivot your attention

To the greater part of you

That is a powerful creator

Who no longer questions herself

Who no longer lives in denial

 

No longer rests in fantasy

No longer suffers needlessly

No longer settles for mediocrity

No longer betrays herself

 

This is the choice we are all in the process

Of making every day of our lives

To repeat what we’ve lived in the past

Or to step boldly into a future we cannot

Know until we live it

 

The longing that is calling you

Toward the life you’ve yet to live

Cannot reveal its beauty to you

Until you decide to step

One foot forward

At a time

Shifting your weight from left

To right, to left again

 

Moving onward

Into what you have not known

Cannot know

Have not lived

Cannot live any other way

 

This is an opportunity to

Move into your unlived life

Say yes to all that ignites fire

And passion inside of you

All that calls to your heart

And moves the brush

Only you can hold

As you paint the

Masterpiece of this

Precious life as you

 

Will you trust?

Will you listen?

Will you take the hand

Of support that is reaching

Back at you?

 

Will you step?

Leap?

Dance forward into the

Beauty that awaits?

 

Only you can trust

Only you can choose

Only you can step forward

And live this

Only you can know when it is time

 

Even if you think you aren’t ready

(Are we ever ready?)

You are more ready than not.

Life will meet you in your boldness.

 

The permission you seek is already there

Living inside of you

Waiting for you to claim it

In the outrageous self-determination

That is choice itself.

 

Be bold with me.

Live out loud with me.

Let’s be colorful and

Audacious and courageous

And free.

 

Because we choose to.

And we can.

 

Love,

Alicia

 

PS: If you’re ready to follow the call of your unlived life…
 
Until December 1, 2022, I am offering 1-on-1 conversations with me to discover what’s holding you back, where to begin, and how working with me can make all the difference.

Email me at: Alicia[at]AliciaMorrow.com and we will find a time to connect. ❤