“The place of true healing is a fierce place. It’s a giant place. It’s a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light. And you have to work really, really, really hard to get there, but you can do it.”
Cheryl Strayed
It was only after I published on my blog yesterday and on instagram that I realized something in the story I told about being invisible in the hallway at work/school.
I chose to focus on the student who didn’t see me instead of the student who most definitely saw me and called out his pal for not paying better attention.
Yesterday morning as I wrote, I discovered a blog post from 2019 about healing – and it tied what I had experienced on Friday with what I am experiencing as a process now – a process back to honoring both my own uniqueness and yours through this study of belonging.
There are people who see us in all our vivid uniqueness, your walking invitation to be valued by you and welcomed into your world AND there are people who are busy with whatever they are busy with as they do their daily version of being their best.
I am not sure if I mentioned it here before, but I am sharing my daily findings of being a believing mirror to myself using Instagram Stories which also show up on my Writing Camp with JJS page.
I am getting excellent feedback on this series which you may read here on the blog as well as in a shorter version on Instagram and on the Writing Camp page.
Finally, my friend, we have 84 days left in 2023. How will you invest your days to bring 2023 to a satisfying end?
Julie JordanScott is a Creative Life Coach, an award-winning storyteller, actor and poet whose photos and mixed media art graces the walls of collectors across the United States. Her writing has appeared on the New York Times Best Sellers List, the Amazon best sellers list and on American Greetings Holiday cards (and other greeting cards). She currently lives in a manse in Sussex, NJ, where she has recently finished her most recent book project, hugging trees daily and enjoys having random inspirational conversations with strangers.
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I love reading how you’re honoring your uniqueness series Julie. It’s giving me things to think about as I work on my own believing mirror. Have a wonderful Sunday full of love.
Thank you, Martha. It was lovely!
We all want to belong. We all are unique. I am going to make the most of the next 84 days of 2023 by being myself!
That’s exactly why I am doing this series: so many people want to feel a sense of belonging… and don’t. I’ve been told people are gaining a lot of understanding from reading. I love that you are going to make the most of the rest of 2023 by being fully yourself. That’s fantastic!