I know you’re scared. The mistakes of the past find a way to remind you of all the ways you have failed. Of everything you have done wrong and why it won’t be any different this time. But what if it is? What if this time you took a chance on yourself and succeeded. What if this time you found the courage to ignore the fear and instead, trusted yourself? What if this time was the time, you truly started living?

Courage begins as a whisper, often too quiet to recognize. It might be the soft voice that calls us to finally leave a place that no longer feels like home, or it’s the spark of a new idea, small but persistent, that keeps showing up in quiet moments. Perhaps it’s the urge to forgive, even when forgiveness feels like a risk, or the whisper to start over, even when starting over seems impossible.

It is from an opened heart that we must forgive. A heart that has begun to heal. To find a moment of empathy and understanding. A heart that understands that we do not forget the pain, but we must forgive to set ourselves free. We forgive to release ourselves from the darkness of bitterness and hate. We forgive to move forward, because without forgiveness, we will always remain a prisoner of the pain.

You know the voice within. The one that speaks to you when the world around you is silent. That whispers your truth as you settle in to sleep at night. The voice that longs to keep you safe and always guides you back home when you have lost your way. That is the voice of your intuition. Your guiding light. It is with you no matter where you are, or how far you wander. And will always guide you to the life you were meant for…

If you have the courage to listen.