Sunday, October 7, 2007

AN OPEN LETTER TO MYSELF

Dear lovely,

I have been so hard on you over the last 30 years. I have put you down, questioned your worth, lacked confidence in your abilities and been really awful to you sometimes.

And for that, I apologize.

This past year has been filled with unbelievable highs and some really hard times. And just this week, I have come to realize how talented, smart, beautiful and worthy you are.

You have been through so much in your short little life. You have struggled through daddy issues, bad relationships, depression, law school and you have overcome it all.

You are a walking miracle.

The ancestors are cheering you on.

Do you know that you defy gravity?

Every time you walk into that Senior staff meeting and every time you are at the table with the decision makers, you are defying gravity. You are making history every day simply by being invited to the dance and showing up.

I don't every want to see your shoulders slumping or to see your head down. I promise to never believe what the world says about you in song, in the workplace or in the news. When I look at you, all I can see is what God has "fearfully and wonderfully made". I see the power of his blessings and annointings resting on your spirit. And if God is for you, then who shall ever be against you.

How has it happened that you are corporate counsel at the age of 30?

How has it happened that you have gotten to a level in your career that most people dream of?

It can only be a combination of God's blessings, that he is the source of all that you have acquired and that you are worthy.

I implore you to continue to walk into your annointed destiny. To walk talk and proud, knowing that God is waiting to supply your heart's desires.

This is the time to walk in confidence and to know that you are more than enough.

I am very proud of you. And I love you, with all of my heart.

In God's hands,
lovelyjd