#wildlyplanted

I recently began rereading The Alchemist. I'm on part II at the moment. I can't believe I let years pass before reading this life changing book, again. Nonetheless, I'm glad to have picked it back up. It helped me rewire my mind the first time I read it, and lately, I've been feeling like I need a reminder and a tune-up.

I needed to reaffirm to myself that I know my purpose, my personal legend and I shouldn't allow anyone or any circumstance to make me feel as if my dreams aren't possible.

In this book is one of the most impactful and magnificent declarations a person in the midst of pursuing their personal legend will ever read, "And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Giving so much gratitude for The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho.

Are you also in the process of following your personal legend? How do you stay on course, even when life becomes chaotic and the direction of the wind is constantly changing?

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IG: wildlyplanted

YouTube: Wildly Planted (this is a work in progress, but I’m finding direction)

Confidence, self-worth and self-love are qualities that a person first learns from their family. None of these were instilled in me during childhood. Like other important ones, I had to cultivate these attributes over time, through my life experiences, and I'm still learning every day. I feel grateful that I wasn’t swallowed up by the world and I didn’t end up falling victim to some of the things that can happen to a young person (and even an adult) when they feel lost and overwhelmed and they lack that knowing that they deserve to be treated well, whether it’s in a relationship, by other family members, by friends and even at their job. Then once you know, you have to put confidence in action. Many people know they deserve better, but the lack of confidence keeps them on a path of accepting less than. 

Over time, I began to peel away the layers of fear and insecurity and I started moving through the world with a better understanding of who I was, what I wanted, what I refused accept. Year after year, I grew into expecting the highest for my life. Anytime I fell out of alignment with that, I observed how my thinking played a role and many times, it was because I let my confidence collapse and my self-worth tumbled with it. Those voices from childhood can creep up and attempt to sabotage how far we’ve come and all the time and effort we put into building a better version of ourselves. Don’t let those voices trip you up. They aren’t real. What is real, is regaining your momentum through ways like therapy, meditation, exercise, time in nature, journaling, time with people who help you feel hopeful and energized. Rebuilding yourself and your confidence, finding even greater clarity than before, and moving toward the highest vision you hold for your life. Every time I’ve had a setback, I came back with an even higher awareness and set my sights higher for what I knew I deserved, and my confidence improved.

Have you ever struggled with confidence at any point in your life? If so, did it stem from childhood, or was it something that developed later in life?

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IG: wildlyplanted

YouTube: Wildly Planted (this is a work in progress, but I’m finding direction)

I expected 2024 to arrive in grand fashion, bringing with it excitement and the changes that I craved. I hope my expectations for 2024 are met, there’s definitely plenty of time.

For now, up to this point, 2024 has been more of a personal reckoning and spiritual journey, which I welcome because there is a reason it is this way, right? Right. There has been a great deal of digging deep, a lot of examining thoughts and patterns, loads of seeking answers to the whys and hows, and plenty of reanalyzing all parts of life.

Some days I feel at peace, other days I want a one-way ticket to the island of ‘forget my troubles’ but I can say that overall, I feel balanced on most days. I've been careful about the information I consume, and I've had to limit my time on social media by a considerable amount. I also find myself tuning out or changing the subject of conversations that I feel are unhelpful or unhealthy. Being careful about what I’m internalizing helps me stay in a good headspace.

I've endured painful and chaotic times in life, more than I’d like to remember, and I realized, just today, that this is probably the best I have navigated the rough tides. Rather than resisting, I choose to surrender to how life is unfolding right now. I’m practicing stillness more than I ever have and in a way that I never understood before. Feeling my way into alignment, allowing the internal to inform the external, rather than trying to force things to happen from a place of external pressure and panic.

So, here I am. Five months into the New Year, having a different kind of year than what I anticipated. In times like this, keep pushing forward, keep moving forward. We will get to the other side.

Where you can find me/how to contact me:

IG: wildlyplanted

YouTube: Wildly Planted (this is a work in progress, but I’m finding direction)

"I am allowed to be a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously." I saw this saying/quote on Iman's IG this week, and I shouted "yes" as I read it, because I needed this reminder. Sometimes we think that we need to have all the answers and everything figured out before we make that move or change, start that project or begin working on that idea, invite love in, etc. I'm guilty of this and I found that it only holds me back.

However we are, wherever we are presently is "perfect" timing for everything we want to invite into our lives. We can move forward in the state that we are in, continuing to learn and blossom, and stride toward our goals and personal development. The thing is, us humans will always be a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously. We never stop evolving (unless you choose differently), we'll never have it all figured out. We're redefining, reevaluating, recalibrating until the very end.

Does that quote resonate with you? How?

Where you can find me/how to contact me:

IG: wildlyplanted

YouTube: Wildly Planted (this is a work in progress, but I’m finding direction)