Sulistic Life

"You're beautiful because you know your own darkness and still, that alone doesn't stop you from finding your own light." A truth that is very difficult for me until this day, but needs to be told to help another woman. I have this defense mechanism, where anything that causes pain to my heart…I just lock it up somewhere in my brain and do not ever talk about it. That's not healing. In the book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou stated, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you". That is so factual because you're dealing with something that needs to be released, otherwise, it will destroy a person mentally. Painful moments must be discussed in order to heal and move forward in your life in a positive manner. My truth to you today is that after having my third child, I knew I did not want any more kids. I was on birth control pills for quite some time, and at a certain point, I realized that it was ...

My truth that I have decided to share. As you can see in the photos, both were taken in two different times of my life, which is only 6 years apart. That woman on the left was so unhappy with her life. She used to look in the mirror at herself with such disgust that it caused her to cry on a regular basis. The biggest issue that existed was not what was seen by the eye, it was internal. Outside looking in, anyone would think that she was happy with a great life, marriage, and family. However, that was far from the truth. That woman on the left was depressed, abused, and struggling everyday to live. The only thing she had to live for, and that kept her going, was her kids and her dreams. One day, she finally decided that enough was enough. She had finally chosen herself. Excerpt from The Alchemist mentioned that the world’s greatest lie is that “A certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate”. You dec...