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Posted on January 30, 2018March 7, 2018

Let Your Presence Be The Present

#NoteToSelf 6. As I am sitting in my bed reflecting on my day and wondering where life is leading me, I can't help to realize…

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Dears, it's been some time. I know. I'll tell you more about me taking a step back in my upcoming blog post. But today, I woke up and got a reminder from Facebook that Maya Angelou passed away 6 years ago. What a legend! . It wasn't until this icon passed away that I got to know more about her existence.. I mean, I get it. I was only 20 years old when Maya moved from this physical plane. But now that I am in a different place in life, I really appreciate and admire this lady. She's an inspiration to generations and I will honor her whenever I am inspired to do so. Today is one of those days. . In memory of Dr. Maya (and as a way to put myself back into the (online) world because I was bound to come out of my shell, eventually), here I share some valuable words from Maya Angelou with you. These speak to me on a spiritual level and I hope that by sharing them you find your way to (some of) the gems that this wise lady left us with.❤️✨ . . . . #MayaAngelou #poet #restinpower #quotes #inspiration #foodforthought #quoteoftheday #quotes #inspiration #wordsofwisdom #poem #poetry #legacy #blackexcellence #writer #spiritual #inspirationalquotes #timeless #wisdom #blog #blogging #self #creativity #growth #legacy #JunealHolder #spirituality #philosophy #psychology
Re-imagine. Re-create.
A voice within recently told me, "Get back to happiness."💛✨ . . Beautiful pictures taken by @acyn_♥️
Some not-so-fun facts about me: ◾I can be very hard on myself; you can't imagine how much I've beaten myself up mentally for my lack of motivation, my cluelessness as to what to do next sometimes, for my insecurities, for not being creative enough. For not doing more. For not always keeping it together. ◾I've felt very insecure the past few months; from feeling fat and ugly to unworthy and unaligned. I try to speak life often to myself. It's not always easy. ◾I want to feel loved, cherished and understood by someone. Be held and comforted romantically. But I still haven't met anyone to fulfill those desires and I don't know when I'll meet that person. I'm patient but sometimes I wonder how long it'll take. At times I feel sad and lonely about this uncertainty. ◾Though I have been building muscles and I workout, I tend to overlook all that and focus on the extra weight I've gained (+10kg in a year) and the 26% body fat I have. This has made me even more insecure about myself, my worth and attractiveness. In a world that constantly tries to define for us the parameters of what is "cool", "attractive" and "likeable", it's a skill to learn how to love yourself when you fluctuate outside those normative lines. I've fluctuated outside the lines for most of my life. I've had to learn to love myself time and time again. Every time I thought that it's done, another layer needs to be peeled. Growth is constantly peeling oneself from societal layers and self-imposed expectations to become. Self love to me right now is seeing myself as worthy and beautiful, as deserving and divine, even in the midst of my feelings and despite a world that might not validate me. It is accepting me as I am, being kind to my process - allowing me to become and emerge with compassion and grace. Believing with conviction that happiness is a birthright and that I matter. I am deserving. With this post I pose and smile, still working through many issues and insecurities yet choosing to feel deserving and worthy. Remembering that my beauty is not skin-deep. That I am greatness manifested. And that perfection is bullshit.
If you could only see yourself through the lens of Love, you'd never question your beauty.
SOUL POETRY: UNAPOLOGETICALLY UNCOMPROMISING . Once you meet yourself beyond your looks, settling for what meets the eye is not an option anymore.
✨🖋️From "Energy Alchemy"✨ . "That anger you don’t want to feel? Feel it. That person you don’t want to mourn? Mourn them. That pain that you don’t want to sit with? Allow it. Don’t let it stay inside, don’t toxify yourself with stagnant energy. Don’t keep stuff bottled in, for they will always find a way out. One way or another. And if not now, sometime later. So, exert control by allowing yourself to feel in a healthy, non-damaging, non-toxic way. If you allow yourself to feel, whatever you’re feeling – in the presence of your consciousness – will seize to affect you at a certain point. If you fight it or fail to allow it to be, it will persist until it finds an outlet. . Now, be mindful and know the difference between a fleeting emotion and the entertainment of misery. The moment we forget that we are the one feeling, and not the feeling itself, we will fail to transmute the energy to our desired state. The frequency that we have attached to and identified with becomes our reality then (until we choose we don’t want it anymore)." Read the complete post on the blog! #linkinbio
✨💛 #Mantra and #Affirmation 💛✨ . Someone recently told me that I should believe more in myself after I had told her about all that I desire to do and how I tend to get afraid and paralyzed. I confessed my fear of failure to her and she filled me with words of wisdom. She saw much in me that I tend to get glimpses of, but that at the same time, I'm afraid to realize. I'm really thankful to this lady that told me, "You should believe more in yourself." Hearing those words did something profound to my soul. . Not long after our conversation, a mantra/affirmation came through: I am able and I am capable. I apply this mantra sometimes when I meditate, repeating it internally over and over again, filling myself with the confidence that sometimes I lack. I affirm these words, often, so I can take steps and do stuff even when I'm afraid - remembering that indeed, I am able and I am capable (of……). . So here's this affirmation/mantra for you too. Repeat it often, until you believe more in yourself. Repeat it often, so you can build more confidence in your abilities and capabilities. Repeat it often, to awaken the God in you. . Also, check out my last #JunTalks - I'm sharing some amazing insights worth considering during the process of becoming 😉💛

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