When A Stranger Impacts Your Life

An Unexpected Message
Photo Credit: instagram.com/hautrisque

I didn’t want to write today. I honestly didn’t want to get out of bed either. It’s like that sometimes – a lot of the time, actually. I’m either plagued with crippling anxiety or suffering from the effects of an undiagnosed and thus, untreatable dental issue. Both weaken my spirit, yet both build strength as I must fight constantly just to hover above the sanity line. Some days are better than others; today wasn’t one of them – well, not initially. 

It seems there is great purpose in not wanting to do something, but finding a way to do so anyway. You see, despite how badly I felt, I forced myself to “activate” which resulted in me taking a stroll downstairs to partake in the complimentary breakfast being offered here (I’m currently in a hotel in West Palm for work). As I passed by the front desk, the woman who checked me in two days prior, randomly engaged me in conversation. Feeling comfortable, I decided to share with her, the struggles that I’d been having with not wanting to write, along with not having launched my website just yet. Without missing a beat she advised “Go ahead and write about not wanting to write and bring your audience in with you on your struggle – let everyone see your website as is, as it’s being built!”

iBeBlogging is wholeheartedly about transparency, relatability and the struggles faced along the journey, though in a moment of suffering, I completely lost sight of what I created here and why. However, with just one statement from a kind stranger, not only did she regift me with the cement, bricks and tools that I somehow “lost” while building, she also cracked open a hidden set of unexpected messages that my soul needed to hear: 

1. Keep fighting because you never know who will jump in and fight not only with you, but FOR you!
2. During the actual struggle is when I MUST write – that’s where the true magic of transparency and relatability merge, then unveil.
3. My work is important. She helped me today in a way that I help others daily. If not for my encounter, I would not have been able to see EXACTLY how impactful I’ve been (am), and will be.
4. And finally, that I am an unfinished project forever under construction and that this truth, is my beauty!

So, if you find yourself unmotivated and unable to get out of bed, try going for a walk or for a ride despite how badly you may be feeling. That one decision could place you on a path with someone who not only has the power to positively influence how you move forward in life, but who also has the gift of helping you to finally see yourself, as beautifully as you are seen…

Thank You For Taking A Moment To “Dance” With Me