Moments To Hold Close

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You thought you were done with him. After months of what felt like serious dating, he told you that he actually wasn’t looking for “anything serious.” That he wanted to see other people. Play the field. You were disappointed and heartbroken but said you understood and gracefully cut ties. Because casual wasn’t what you wanted and you weren’t going to wait around for him to change his mind. You respected yourself too much to do that. On Granny’s 80th birthday, we were all given tiny, glass bluebird figurines, a memento that watches over me on the shelf as I wash my dishes. When I glance up at the bluebird, I like to think of Granny bustling around in her own kitchen with the floral wallpaper, a place where we all spent so much time growing, loving, and laughing. Any five things. It can be something physical such as your eyes, or it can be behavioral, such as your patience for other people. Whatever you like that has to do with you, jot it down. And, if you can think of more than five, keep writing! 6. Write down five things you don’t like about yourself. We all know the benefits of exercise, both physically and mentally. Find something you like to do, be it yoga or running, and commit to it. 10. Whenever the going gets tough, remember to practice compassion. Depression is seeing hope and drawing your shades shut anyway. Depression is hearing faith and turning up your music louder to drown it all out. Depression is believing those things were never meant for you at all.

The Ivanhoe house was sold last summer to a lovely woman and her family. I like to think of the memories they’ll create there. I hope they feel the warmth, too. I pray they’ll sense that everything will be okay, too, and that they are enough as they are. While I loved all of Cerón’s work, there is one piece she wrote that I never forgot called “ Perfect Isn’t Interesting, Anyway.” In the essay, Cerón posits that perfection isn’t what makes someone compelling or worth loving: In retrospect, being perfect seems awfully lonely. And it’s tedious. There are, I think, far more compelling ways to spend your time than to second-guess everything you’re going to do and wear and eat and say. And someone will love you for all the flaws you expose, anyway.”Think about it like this: Your favorite songs always end. The credits of your favorite movie will always roll. This book you’re holding in your hands will, too, come to a close. Would you stop listening to music, would you stop watching movies, would you stop reading books just because they end? Shouldn’t we treat people the same? Because maybe it’s not about the longevity of the love but the quality of the time spent loving one another. After all, people change. We change. Who we are when we fell in love may no longer exist and vice versa. And after a little while ends with someone else, we can adore them from a distance and wish them well. Some people are only meant to be loved for a little while, and that’s okay.

Stop expecting yourself to be perfect. Allow yourself to be human. Look around you. Celebrate the little wins. Accept the downfalls with as much grace as you can muster. Forgive yourself when you fall short. Try again. Try again. Try again. Never stop trying. Molly Burford How To Find Your People You are meant to evolve. You are meant to grow. You are meant to change. In the world we live in today, where we are often connected to a collection of every person we’ve ever known throughout all the phases of our lives, it can feel extra difficult to break through all of the layers of expectation and find our inner truth. I want you to remember that not only is this natural and normal, it’s healthy. It’s healthy to grow and experiment and it takes bravery to do so. Most people are content to accept a life that they can deal with, rather than fighting for one they will savor, one they will be proud of at the end of the day. When you begin your pivot period, you’re not just ending one chapter and beginning another. You’re opening yourself to a way of living that has you responding more to the moment you’re in. Adapting in real-time. It’s not about ever arriving at one single goal or objective. It’s about becoming the person you actually want to be, and living as them each day — even when it’s hard. It’s harder to live a life that’s not true. And I think that’s what you need to remember. When it comes to personal growth, it can feel as though it is a never-ending journey. And, in a way, I think that is because the work of stepping into ourselves is never truly finished. And this can become exhausting, to say the least. With that said, how can The Pivot Year help make our healing and self-actualization journeys more successful and fulfilling?TikTok Helped Bring Rise To The Weaponization Of ‘Therapy Speak’—A thought-provoking analysis of how social media trends can influence the way we communicate and perceive mental health discourse. The idea that life is full of ups and downs, but it’s important to appreciate the good moments while also learning from the difficult ones. This collection will take you through a journey–from confronting how we have learned to disconnect from ourselves and each other to feeling the beauty that comes from embracing this continuously evolving human experience. You will confront themes of loss and learning and face stories of seeking and surrender. The practices will challenge you, the poems will hold you. Along the way, you will find that you are never alone. While the book covers every imaginable topic, it is particularly relevant for Generation Z and Millennials as Molly is writing from the perspective of a young person coming of age in the era of social media.