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Are you ready? As we come to the close of 2020, let me ask you, what has this year brought you? We know that 2020 has brought lot of change, a lot of challenge, and a lot of opportunity for growth. Can you see it, the growth that is?
As I woke up today on this last day of 2020, I felt a peace come over me, this year in many ways has been a year of loss not just for me but for everyone, I’m no stranger to sorrow, I’m no stranger to struggle, the last few years have shown me that. However, this year is showing me my truth. This year has shown me how to use my voice, how to look within, how to remember the gifts that I have living within me. 2020 has helped me to reach a level within myself that I did not know existed or rather I knew it existed, but I let society tell me it was not valuable and in truth if it were not for this year, I don’t know that I would have ever seen it. Perhaps I would have continued to live in fear of being who I am meant to be. Maybe I would have continued to let people tell me when I should be quiet, when I should apologize for things that I did not do. Maybe I would have continued to doubt my writing, to doubt my vision, to sit in the mundane and wonder why nothing felt right, but I didn’t get that.
What I got instead was the loss of some amazing people in my life that made me realize my voice needed to be heard. What I received was the ability to stand up for myself even if it meant upsetting others who believed…
