Dear Diary: "My biggest lesson of today? Focus on what's right in front of you."
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I’m doing today’s post differently.
It’s a continuum. An extension. An opening. A poem.
A breath of fresh air.
Focus on what’s right in front of you.
Again & again & again.
RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
my biggest lessons of today are as follows:
FOCUS ON WHAT’S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
fuck me, I can make so much progress when that happens. when I do that. when I choose to do that. when I double down.
I am SO FUCKING PROUD OF MYSELF!
I am badass. I am resilient. I am bold.
12:51 AM · Jan 17, 2023
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I want to talk about [my] relentlessness.
I want to start interspersing personal stories here.
You have earned this.
You deserve this.
I appreciate you!
I want you to feel my appreciation of you[r presence] here.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF MY WORLD
RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
I am awesome. I love myself! I love myself so much! I am so loved! I am so celebrated! my heart is so warm.
I have the best people in my life— people I can truly be myself with. and everything falls into place naturally as I let myself soften.
12:51 AM · Jan 17, 2023
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LATE NIGHT THOUGHTS
RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
I notice that night is a special time for me. everything feels so distinct, and alive, and beautiful, and CLEAR! everything feels so clear. I exult in it. I get my best ideas at night when I’m alone— just thinking, just being. at home. comforted. I am happy being myself here.
12:51 AM · Jan 17, 2023
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RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
that feels precious.
I notice how good it feels to give myself this grace period. to be unflinching in what I want. to ask, and be met! to be clear. to EMBRACE MY RELENTLESSNESS.
I fucking love my relentlessness. I am so proud of this. I am so proud of her. she is incredible.
12:51 AM · Jan 17, 2023
RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
I AM GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS!
that’s what’s coming up for me now.
I’m bubbling over with glee. trips, experiences, integration… I’m bubbling over with HOW GOOD IT GETS TO BE. how good it gets to feel. what gets to be possible for me.
12:51 AM · Jan 17, 2023
RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
I am amazed & I am humbled.
I am humbled & I am grateful.
I am grateful & I am clear.
I KNOW I have worked hard for this. I KNOW I am deserving.
right place, right time— always.
I’m ready in a new way.
12:51 AM · Jan 17, 2023
ON DISCERNMENT
RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
I LOVE MY DISCERNMENT.
I love how easy it feels to share here.
I love how open I feel.
I love how safe I feel.
I love that I feel no need to share specific details… and that it also doesn’t feel like I’m hiding or withholding anything.
I love being able to hold it all.
12:51 AM · Jan 17, 2023
SNIPPETS FROM ANOTHER TIME…
RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
we compartmentalize when we feel unsafe.
compartmentalizing is an effective survival mechanism. it's also (invariably) a blunt instrument.
why?
it doesn't teach us a more valuable tool: discernment.
instead, it teaches us [how] to shut ourselves & other people down.
4:02 AM · Dec 10, 2022
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RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
@Theholisticpsyc discernment also says: I am safe ❤️
8:41 PM · Jan 15, 2023
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RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
@ReneeSolana @louis02x discernment is 🔑
it's how we learn to hear ourselves, love ourselves & show up for ourselves as if we are on our own sides
... aka trust ourselves (& The Universe) deeply 🌹
9:40 PM · Sep 19, 2022
THE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR CONTINUES…
RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
I love the magic of Life.
I love treating it as a puzzle.
I’m obsessed with hacking myself.
I’m obsessed with hacking this.
and when I find it, and when I feel it… I feel infinite. one step at a time. one foot in front of the other.
IT’S ALL HERE. it’s all here.
12:51 AM · Jan 17, 2023
RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
I see it now.
I see THIS now.
I see this in ways I couldn’t—didn’t— see before.
I see this in ways I wasn’t ABLE to before.
I see this in ways that fear hid me from.
and I am so fucking proud of myself.
I am so fucking proud of myself.
over & over & over again.
12:51 AM · Jan 17, 2023
What do you want to see more of?
And… what’s right in front of you?
Tell me.
I want to hear you.
RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️@rachelclif
these are the words of a warrior.
these are the words of someone who has fought to be where & who she is.
these are the words of a woman who loves without limits.
these are the words of a woman who cares.
I love you all. over & out 🫡
12:51 AM · Jan 17, 2023