Spring into the NEW YOU as you THRIVE to be the best you can be!!
by Dr. Angelic Muhammad PhD candidate, MS, MRT, CPLC, Eli-MPv
As spring is now upon us, it is time for new air. New air to breathe in and new air to create the NEW YOU. It’ s easy to get off track in life because of the many ways we get pulled. Mothers wear many different hats; doctor, teacher, mentor, coach, role model, maid, chauffeur etc... We give all of ourselves as the world sometimes beats us down but we get up, shake it off and jump right back at it again. We do not take the time to rejuvenate ourselves because we are so busy taking care of everyone else. We feel ashamed to ask for help because we don’ t want to feel weak. We don’ t want people to think we can’ t take care of business when deep down inside we are crying and dying like the fox in the hole, peeping out looking for a reaching hand. When the hand is extended to us we don’ t know how to take it because we are steadily trying to be“ Strong.”
Well, what if I told you that not taking the help and putting stress on your shoulders really makes you weak and causes you to take time off your life?
Receiving is“ not a sin.” Receiving is not“ Bad.” You have a right to breathe. You have a right to take a nap. You have a right to cry. You have a right to say“ NO.” You have a right to be a woman. You have a right to laugh. You have a right to live. You have a right to be vulnerable. Just because you’ re a mother does not mean you do not have rights too. You are special. God gave you an assignment to raise his children and guide them to greatness. You are one of a kind because you were assigned to the children you have. You are in a space that no man or woman can take from you.
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