Grateful Living while in the Hard
“We don’t have to pretend to be fine when we are not. We don’t need to push through and be strong. Gratitude is a soft landing place that requires us to be honest, open, and willing to look at everything we’re facing and not turn away.” ALEX ELLE
Hello lovelies.
I love that statement by Alex Elle.
I’ve always had a belief that you could not feel intense heavy emotions while at the same time being in gratitude. As a lot of you know, if you’ve been staying tuned in, I’ve been sharing my journey with the big move we made to the DR.
A part of the move was to live the dream of living abroad and another part of it was being squeezed out of not being able to afford the demands, prices, and costs you pay for the comforts and conveniences of living in the US.
Don’t get me wrong, I appreciated it while I was there, but each has its trade-offs. I never imagined that I would be detoxing from it all. That there was a different and simpler way of living more conducive to the peace of mind I was craving. Giving me time to truly look at my life, go inward, and face my stuff with the soft landing of gratitude as my buffer.
One thing this simple life has allowed me is a slower pace and fewer distractions that can mask the deeper things that never got attended to when I was in the hustle and grind. I know now even more than I did back then that It’s ok to not be ok. And there have been many days I have not been ok…and then grateful….and then not ok.
What has given me that sense of gratitude are the people, my persons, who know me, and know all the details of all that has encompassed my transition, allowing me the space to find my way through and loving me unconditionally. They all know who they are and I am beyond grateful for them and for it all, even when I’m not…and then I am again. See how that works?!
Love S
