What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?
Affirmation:
My gut and my mind are not always in agreement.
They argue, sometimes softly, sometimes like thunder.
My mind is quick to whisper,
“You’re overreacting.”
“You’re being paranoid again.”
“Don’t make this a bigger deal than it is.”
And sometimes I listen.
But when the signs start to stack,
day after day, feeling after feeling,
drawer falling, tire deflating, flowers arriving uninvited,
my life training kicks in.
The part of me that’s lived through things.
The part of me that’s been right before and screamed,
“I TOLD YOU SO”
more times than I care to count.
Sometimes, yes, I’m wrong.
And that’s okay. I can live with being wrong.
But what if I wasn’t wrong?
What if I was spiritually protected?
That’s for the Universe to decide.
That’s God’s work to confirm or correct in time.
All I know is this:
Saying it out loud,
Knocking on my own forehead like “Girl, wake up,”
Praying to God even when I feel silly.
It works.
That knowing inside me?
It’s real.
It’s mine.
And yet, what I need most in those moments
is not more signs, or even more certainty.
It’s validation.
From the ones who love me.
The ones I live and breathe for.
The ones who I fiercely protect, even when they don’t see what I see.
So here it is. A new vow. A new line in the sand:
From this point forward, I only allow love to enter,
My life,
My heart,
And my doors.
If it brings chaos, confusion, or dishonesty,
It stops at the threshold.
Because I am a woman of discernment.
And I no longer need permission to protect my peace.
Amen
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