Life's New Path: Destination Unknown - 12/05/23

Life throws curveballs at us we never expected.

We think we know where we’re flying towards yet the winds knock us to the ground mid-flight.

These are the moments where we must be on our own and heal those wounds. Be on our own and figure out where to go from that point forward. Be on our own and reevaluate who we are.

It’s life. It sucks but it’s life… and unfortunately there’s no escaping that fact…. 💚🧚

My Lovelies,

I feel this week's quote we can all relate to in some way or another. Those of you who REALLY know me or have been following me for a while know I like to quote the lovely and one and only Angelina Jolie. She once said in an interview "We've all been through things in life that have left us broken." This could not be more true, My Loves. For ALL of us...

This life, this journey, and this experience of being human is for brave souls. I don't exactly mean physically brave, I mean spiritually and emotionally brave. Life, though made up of many wonderful and memorable times also comes with its equivalent series of difficult and soul-crushing moments. I wrote this particular quote at a moment in my life where I was going through quite a bit. Besides the loss of my husband and going through some other things in my personal life (which I will spare you the details of... at least for now) I was at one of those moments. I was a time in my life when I felt like life had all of a sudden decided to take a hard blow at me. Where I was forced, whether I wanted to or not, to find out who I really was and what I was truly capable of. Worse of all, I was forced to figure everything out on my own. I reiterate, not by choice; however, it was and is still to this day a whirlwind of emotions for me. I had so many plans and thought I knew myself so well until I felt like life went pfft! "Sure you do. Keep telling yourself that darling and hold my beer...."

Since life is so unpredictable and comes with so many unknowns, it's ok to feel lost at times. It's ok to feel like you knew yourself at one point and now you and others are meeting a completely different person. Just like life evolves, so do we. We need to be patient with ourselves in the process and present that new person to ourselves and learn to love and accept them as we accepted the person we thought we knew. We also need to love and nurture this new being that life is creating as we figure out how to navigate them through the journey. Every new stage or experience has the possibility of leaving us in this emotional limbo or numb state so to speak. It also has the capability of changing us completely: loss, self-discovery, etc. all have the potential of changing us from the inside out.

If you're going through something like this, understand you're not strange. You're not different. You are HUMAN. You are going through something in your own way and your own time. I pray this quote gives you some solace in knowing that, since we all go through this, you will find someone to help you navigate the current path that you're on.

Until the next one, My Loves

XOXO Isabelle 😘❤️ XOXO