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BBQ: Flaws and All

Flaws

When Leah posted this on Monday, therein was the one line I needed to read that day and it stayed with me for the rest of the week.

I know that I have many..many flaws. There are those I freely admit to – my temper, I cannot stand people sometimes, I cuss…a lot. And there are those I keep hidden from you. Those closest to me…know the ones I’m talking about.

Leah’s words resonated so much with me, that they inspired this post. When you’re hurting or doubting yourself…or just in a eff-this-ish kinda place, you need some simple truth.

You are enough. Flaws and all.

Don’t be afraid to show the world exactly who you are.

Leah is another one of my favourite bloggers and she is also the author of Red Circle Days. You can read my review of this little gem here. She’s fond of words – a lady after my own heart and you can read more about her on her blog Little Miss Wordy.

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I’m participating in this wonderful series created by Kozo over at everydaygurus.com If you haven’t heard about it please click here to read more.

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If you want to be part of this awesomeesauce BBQ, here’s how you do it:

  • Take a quotation from a favourite blogger
  • Create a BBQ post with the quotation
  • Link back to the blogger you quoted
  • Tag your post BBQLUV
  • Link to other BBQLUV posts (optional)

Yup! It’s that simple.

Enough

Enough

Enough. These few words are enough.
If not these words, this breath.
If not this breath, this sitting here.

This opening to the life
we have refused
again and again
until now.
Until now.

~ David Whyte, Where Many Rivers Meet

Hey you, reading this right now…

***take a deep breath and exhale.***

You are enough.

Just as you are.

Right where you are.

In this moment

you are enough!

Year of Enough

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.” Matthew 13:31-32 New International Version (NIV)

When I think about what “enough” means to me I think about the mustard seed in the parable. This tiny seed, had everything within itself to grow into a tree. So often I get caught up in where I would like to be and why I’m not quite there yet. Then I get down on myself when I think about how far I have yet to go. And I am so afraid of failing. I don’t want to be mediocre but then the gremlin in my head tells me that maybe I am…just a little bit. And I get even more down on myself. Then I remember the mustard seed. That from something so small and insignificant, can grow something so strong and bountiful. And I am reminded that I have everything within myself…in this moment to be everything I want to be. I am enough just as I am.

Like the mustard seed needed sunlight and water to grow…so too do we need help along the way to come into our fullness. That’s why when I read about the Year of Enough I was quick to sign up because remembering that I am enough just as I am is not always easy when times get hard and things are rough. And this challenge seems like a fun way to start 2014.

Sooo You’re Invited to the 2014 “Year of Enough” Kickoff Challenge!

I’m super psyched to take part in the upcoming 2014 Year of Enough Kickoff Challenge Event, hosted by Therese Schwenkler of The Unlost.

About the event: Imagine starting 2014 off with a newfound sense of confidence and a spring in your step that can only come from an internal sense of security, worth, and inherent “enough-ness.” This can be your reality, and the Year of Enough Kickoff Challenge exists to help you do just that.

This worldwide FREE streaming virtual event — sent straight to your inbox every day in January — gathers 23 of the wisest, kindest souls on the interwebs for daily heartfelt conversations on what it means to be enough, have enough, and come from a place of sufficiency and worth in a world of “never enough” + 23 daily challenges that will help you foster a sense of “enough-ness” in your own life.

Date: Every weekday in January

Price: FREE

Where: Sign up here

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I don’t know about you…but I really am EXCITED for 2014. I’m so ready for a fresh start, a new beginning…will you join me?