Change your story, it will change your life!

I love that whole saying but the part I am going to focus on is "If you are willing to change your story, you can change your experience." That is totally what I feel myself being called to do. To stop "telling my story" of where I have come from as if that is where I still am today. I am far from where I was a year ago, let alone in August of 2021! I am not who I was even a month ago, as I have begun telling myself a new story.

This is what I heard in my spirit as I began to ponder that what I am seeing in my life is simply because I have continued to tell myself and others, the same story I have been saying ever since I became a widow, and have been dealing with the body I was left in after my Covid Pneumonia experience. I realized as soon as I heard this, that I indeed need to change how I represent myself, because I am representing a part of me that I no longer want to associate with. I specifically heard "it's time to choose a new story to tell". To myself, and to you! So, Here is my "new story" I like to tell about myself. Plus I am living wiggle room to allow changes to occur.

"Today is the day to start writing a new story for yourself Sheila. Stop repeating the past, everyone already knows that. What is your destiny? Everyone is curious about you and what cones next! So what does happen next? You are no longer Joel's widow, but instead you are a single, healthy, wealthy eligible Bachelorette with her choice of glorious, grateful, kind, and wealthy men. You are no longer a Covid survivor, you have overcome that. You no longer have seizures, you have overcome them. You now have a 100% healthy body from your head to the soles of your feet, from your brain cells and their connections down to your toenails. You are no longer an Admin Assistant, a Pre K Teacher, a Retail worker, a Hairdresser. You ARE a writer and motivational speaker and future bookstore owner. You Are a GaGa making memories with the little future legacy makers. You are a marathon runner. You are a legacy of your own capacity!" So, if you read my new year's resolutions, you will recognize some of the things I am claiming as my story. Why? Because I have the power to change my story. The good news is because you are reading this, you get to watch it all unfold! And the even better news, I believe you can change your story too! You gotta stop saying things that are not what you want to happen in your life. I didn't realize how much I was hindering myself by telling myself and others about my past as if it was still my currently reality. How can I heal to 100% if I tell others I am at 85%? 85% does not equal 100%. That is what my bio on Youtube said for months! I am trying to heal myself to 100% but limiting myself to only 85% isn't going to allow that to happen because my words capped it at 85%! How can I find new love if I am constantly referring to myself as a grieving widow? How can I become a bookstore owner, if I don't start putting in the work for one? I can't! I cannot wait to come back to this post and say hey, how did I know these things were going to happen at lightening speed once I let go of holding onto what I "was" and allowing in what I desire?

So, no one can tell me that I can't have my dream life. No one. Only I am allowed to do that, and if you ask me that is pretty foolish! I am done playing it safe, and hiding in the background. I am done being silent, afraid to share what's in my heart!