Day 5 of "The Journey Back to Self - The Ever Unfolding Rose"

As 2020, comes to a close, I reflect upon how I have grown through the universal and personal happenings of this year...

As my 10 minutes of self-care this morning turns into an hour, I reflect upon how a rose unfolds as it blooms. 

I think about how I have unfolded through the happenings of my life this year.  

How it’s affected my family. 

My friends and their families. 

And strangers alike. 

I find the challenge in the lack of predictability yet the benefit of keeping my heart open even through hurt and loss.   

Simultaneously, I am motivated by the challenge. 

I tell myself to stay vulnerable. 

Continually unfold and evolve no matter how much it hurts.

As difficult as the most recent events and tragedies in life have been, I draw upon past experience with adversity and fall back on effective and healthy ways of processing the pain. 

I believe these things are happening  FOR me - not TO me. 

During this time, I am gentle with myself.  

I trust my Higher Power. 

I process without judgement. 

I am reminded that through these times, I am transforming. 

I am growing. 

It is what keeps me going. 

It is what makes me resilient. 

I am an ever unfolding rose. 

How are you unfolding from 2020?