Love Out Loud...

Ever caught yourself saying, I should have said? Frustrating, hind sight is always 20/20. Sure it's cliche, but it's the truth...  Have you spent nights in bed lying wide awake with your thoughts when all you wanted to do was sleep?  Chances are you were rehashing a situation...the shoulda, woulda, coulda's.  At some point we've all been there :) try as we might to deny it.  It would seem that it is an inevitable part of getting to know yourself, and that is an ongoing journey.  Just as you get there, you change.  It's all good!

What if this could be different? What if 99% of the time you laid your head on your pillow you could close your eyes and fall asleep?  You can...I'm not going to tell you it's easy. But as a self-diagnosed over thinker, I can tell you it is possible. Ready for the secret???  Can you handle it? Hold your breath, this might change your life...

Get to know yourself.

Yep, it's that simple.  No, simple does not mean easy.  Something a wise friend took several months to teach me...that I continue to work at from one day to the next, that has changed my life from going to bed recapping my day and all the things I'd have done differently, to.... I did everything I needed and wanted to do.  A little concept called Loving Out Loud.

It's about taking the moment to check in, in every situation. Check in with yourself.  Find out who you are, what you want, how you feel, what you believe.  Once you can hear and trust that voice...speak with it. Without fear, without concern for what someone may think. If you use that voice from a place that honours who you truly are, the things you truly believe and your values, you will have little to question about the choices you make.

The strength comes in voicing your inner truth in all that you do.  In relationships whether intimate or friendly, in business, in all matters, knowing that it's ok if your views do not align with another.  It it not a win or lose... It is honouring yourself. It is putting your head on your pillow at night without guilt or regret. It is telling the world and the people you value most what is in your heart whether they are on the same page or not.  It is the peace of mind that comes from knowing that if something happened, your truth has been spoken. It's the reason I kissed my parents goodnight and told them I loved them in case I didn't wake up to another day to tell them.

Love out loud...there is nothing worse then the regret of not telling someone how you really felt...even if they never felt the same.  Let go of the results (expectation) and live your truth. In the words of Pink

"Where there is a desire, there is gonna be a flame. Where there is a flame, someone's gonna get burned.  But just because it burns doesn't mean you're gonna die, you've gotta get up and try..."~ Try, Pink