Deflated to Elevated

I wanted my first post to be so upbeat and welcoming, and today has left me deflated. I found myself surrounded by misunderstandings and miscommunications and it left me with so many questions, but the biggest one was, am I where I am supposed to be? I started asking this question quite literally to myself and pondering on life. I realized that something has led me to this very moment, sitting here writing this message to the world, and then I thought that maybe we aren't where we are supposed to be at all moments of our days, but maybe we do eventually end up exactly there, where we are meant to be. Sometimes moments arise that can feel crippling. They suck the wind right out of us, and leave us feeling so lost and confused. I always try to find the good in things, even when there seems to be none, and learn from what was thrown at me. Then moments happen that make you question if there was really any good there to be found, but I promise if you look hard enough you will find something. Maybe not right away, but over time we understand that even if it was just the life lesson that made us stronger, there was some kind of good. We might feel deflated in situations, and at times question where we are in life, whether it be our job, our relationship, our faith, or anything in between, but we must journey forward. If we stay too long in the negative, we lose sight of the good. It makes us feel anxious, it affects our health, our mind, our soul, our well being. Some things are worth sitting with for a while, loss especially, but we cannot allow minuscule things like arguments, disagreements, misunderstanding and miscommunications to keep us in the negative too long. I was allowing myself to feel deflated, and wondered how I was going to pull myself through this, but then I decided, I was giving the other parties to this issue too much of my joy. Have you done that? Have you allowed other people to steal your joy? I ask you to question if they are worth it, if the situation that occured is worth it. Most of the time it isn't. If we think about this great big world that we live in, and really think about all the problems that people are facing, it makes us put into perspective how small our own issues are sometimes, and how we let it take too much of our joy. I encourage you to let yourself feel that deflated state, heal and grow, but don't stay there too long. You must elevate, rise above, and move forward.

I am hoping this journey I am taking, sharing my thoughts and stories, and words of encouragement will help you. You may relate to some of these things, you may not, but I do hope you find enjoyment in reading them. From starting a business, going back school, to raising kids, faith, funny moments, tough conversations, and weird experiences, I hope you can relate, or grow and learn with me. Here's to this journey in my life and my blog.