Dear Diary: "Today is the first day of my life."

I know that even better is to come.

RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️ @rachelclif

today is the first day of my life. today is the best day of my life. I know that even better is to come.

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RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️ @rachelclif

[now] I don’t need to fight anymore. there is a rightness to speaking unarguably. my tender, deeply feeling self is as brave, strong & powerful as her badass, go-getting identical twin. what stories am I telling myself that I can let go of now?

RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️ @rachelclif

I am letting go of the story that I am or would be unwanted as I am. I am loved as I am. deeply. — I am letting go of the story that I feel too much. all my feelings are beautiful. being able to feel so deeply is a gift. it doesn’t make me weak; it makes me strong.

RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️ @rachelclif

I am letting go of the story that I am wounded or have wounds. I don’t want that story. I don’t need that story. I don’t like that story. that story doesn’t serve me anymore. so, it's gone.

RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️ @rachelclif

I am letting go of anything & everything I can’t reconcile myself. I am choosing love, grace & hope. I am letting go of my shame around being different. I love myself as I am. there is nothing unloveable about me.

RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️ @rachelclif

I am letting go of my resentments. I choose not to give my power away. I choose not to stay hurt. I choose power instead. I choose to be powerful instead. I choose to create win/win relationships in the process.

RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️ @rachelclif

I choose to forgive. not for them. for me. I choose to feel deeply & completely & forgive with the same reverence. I choose to focus on what I want to see more of. I choose to focus my time, attention & energies on people who embrace all of me.

RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️ @rachelclif

I choose to trust my gut. I choose to be discerning. I choose to notice who shows up when & how they do it. I choose to notice how people make me feel; how people’s presence (physically & otherwise) affect my energy. I choose attraction > chasing. I choose beauty > hiding.

RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️ @rachelclif

I choose not to second-guess myself. I choose to take myself at face value, for all my whimsy & ridiculousness. I choose to treat life as a creative act, and my life as performance art. I choose love; I choose to love freely, fully, with my whole heart. I choose joy.

RACHEL CLIFTON (real power is embodied)⚡️ @rachelclif

I choose peace. I choose to let my heart rest. I choose to remind myself-- & remember-- who I really am. I choose to notice & honour the increasing legibility of my desires & calling. how would X [who already has X] show up? dissolving into the new dawn

What are you choosing today?

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