What do you need today?

What words can I give you to help ease your mind, lighten your imagined burdens, and Simplify the way?

Maybe you’ve just been through a messy break up, and your despair is all you can think of, and you need to hear that sometimes breaking up isn’t the travesty it first seems to be. Guess what? Being alone is sometimes the most delicious blessing.

Maybe you’re striving valiantly towards a goal, and feeling as though nobody in your life “gets it.” But guess what? They don’t have to, and that’s totally okay. And guess what else? You don’t have to keep explaining yourself.

Maybe you’re freaked out at the prospect of embarking on a new chapter in your life, and you’re waiting for the day you feel Ready. But guess what? All you need is to be ready enough. After all, if you’re not nervous at the outset you aren’t doing it right.

Maybe you’re feeling like you’re in limbo, caught between winter and spring, and you’re waiting around for the next big, shiny holiday. Maybe you’re tired of obediently buying decorations for the next major upcoming holiday months in advance, and you just wish the retailers (and you) would chill out, and learn to enjoy the sparkly nature of today.

Maybe you’re tip-toeing softly in life, not being your authentic self, and not serving your purpose because you’re too busy trying not to ruffle anyone else’s feathers. Maybe you’re tied to the belief that it’s possible for everyone to like you. But guess what? Most everyone who is true to themselves is disliked by some people, and they survive just fine. In fact, having accepted that their not being everyone’s favorite is inevitable, they get to feel blessedly free.

Maybe you’ve barely finished brushing your teeth and you’re already busy berating yourself for all your shortcomings, for the things you haven’t yet accomplished, for the goals you haven’t managed to uphold, and for all the ways you’re un-impressing yourself. But guess what? You’ve got to stop that; you’re already a success.

Maybe right now you feel like everything sucks. Maybe that’s really the case. But guess what? At the very least, you are learning.

Maybe you’re having trouble working up the motivation you need to commit yourself definitely to a goal. Maybe you’re searching for the “why” in life. Guess what? Sometimes because you can is a good enough reason.

Maybe you’re worried that you aren’t making progress, and you’re beginning to doubt the power of each choice you make. But guess what? Every decision is a chance to Live a little more Simply.