Essential Ways To Invest In You

Complacency will become a norm if you stop investing in YOU. That investment will look different for different people but there are a few I believe can creep in on us all.

Choosing to not play the comparison game is investing in you. Realizing and exploring places that require your attention and working on those things is investing in you. Not being afraid to retrain or taking time to learn properly is also investing in you!

Today I explored each of these scenarios in one setting. My point of this post is to exclaim the beauty of liberation in your pursuit of calling. My Pastor often says "What you don't confront, you'll never conquer". That could not be farthest from the truth. So, when it comes to not comparing myself to others, working on my art and confronting the fact that I had yet another "note" to implement (one that was extremely helpful and resides amongst other fine details that have slipped through the cracks of my training, having not started training in Ballet really until college) I experienced, for the first time in my career, today, total liberation! For years I had imprisoned myself by my own thoughts of defeat and inferiority. I created a deficit in my thought life because when discouraging days, discouraging teachers and less than perfect steps came to shake me, I opted in. I did not understand the importance of investing in me. The only way to understand that concept is to value where you are because of where you are going.

Because I know my Heavenly Father to be a masterful creator of destiny and makes a necessity of proper training grounds, where I have been and where I am areVITAL. As a child of God your path is not random but you HAVE TO make decisions. 

Today I could have chosen to ignore my correction and ignore my need for improvement under the guise of that same comparison or lack of attention (lack of care) but I am beyond excited to say that I chose correctly. Because of that I have been liberated. 

I am free to follow God. I am free to get in THE FLOW

Invest in You.

How Seasons Change

Autumn is undoubtedly my favorite time of the year. This morning as I passed a window displaying skinny branches and rust colored leaves I thought to myself how the leaves change colors before they fall. As it goes, during Autumn the place where a leaf stem connects to the tree, a special layer of cells forms during colder months for its protection but facilitates the leaf's departure. The season has begun to change. Whether from the weight of the leaf itself or a gust of wind, that layer of cells form and also invites new growth. The restrictive vessels of that layer of cells reduces liquid and nutrients. Soon, a new leaf will appear. I find it intresting that the colder months of Autumn, although casting aside prepared leaves, produces the beautiful colors of arguably one of the greatest seasons of the year. During colder months the production of chlorophyll, plants' means of food production, slows down or in some cases, stops. This causes the green pigments to no longer appear but the actual color of the leaf. Varieties of cold weather creates different pigments. Seasons change. It's worth it to examine your environment. Be intropective and again examine your environment. Your season may be changing. On your way, whilst transitioning, enjoy the vibrant colors and the beauty of your changes. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that continues to bear fruit, He [repeatedly] prunes, so that it will bear more fruit [even richer and finer fruit]. James 15:2 amp