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Lessons on Life and Love According to Sara

July 9, 2020 By mollieh02 Leave a Comment

Fall in love with the road. That was the advice my best friend gave me tonight when I was talking to her about my life. Mainly my love life, or lack there of.

This is what my dear best friend had to say; “You know those pie charts where one tiny sliver is one color and the whole rest of the pie is another color? That whole rest of the pie is the whole rest of your life that doesn’t need to revolve around a man. Your priority should be you. Be the best you that you can be. Do all the things you want to do. You think that you’re on this road to him, and at the end you get to be together, but you’re wrong. There is no end. You’re always on this road. Even if you do end up together, you’re still on it. Sometimes it will suck worse than being single. So fall in love with the road. The journey.”

Leave it to my bestie to sum things up so that they make perfect sense to me. She speaks my language fluently. I hope with everything in me that you have someone who speaks your language, because there is nothing better than knowing that there is someone who understands you perfectly.

Life is a beautiful journey and you’re on the road from day one until your last day standing. There are ups and downs, peaks and valleys. There are plans to be made and dreams to be chased. Passions to be discovered, explored and shared. Do you know what yours are?

In my life there has been one dream that has remained constant. I have always dreamed of falling in love. Of marrying and raising a family with someone who would always be by my side. That picture has changed and evolved over the years. I already have children and have no desire to ever be pregnant again. I would of course welcome any kids that come with my future spouse, and honestly I hope he has kids. There is nothing better than tons of kids running between the family houses over here in my neck of the woods. Quiet nights on the couch. Cooking together, singing together and pushing each other to chase our dreams. Falling asleep wrapped in his arms. Those are the things my dreams are made of. It’s not my only dream, but it’s my biggest one.

But Sara was right. There is a whole road that doesn’t have anything to do with him. It took a long time to find passions outside of being married for me. My passion in life is to help people. I believe that you should leave people in better shape than you found them in. A simple smile or a hug can work wonders.

Writing sets me free. While my fingers float across the keyboard, my mind is at ease. Sometimes I don’t know exactly what I’m thinking or feeling until I read back the words from my screen. I dream of conquering my fear of writing anything longer than a blog post and standing on a stage in front of people, reading the words that flowed from my heart to fill volumes. It’s not about fame and fortune, although those would be nice. It’s about someone hearing those words, my words, and thinking, “I’m not the only one.” Just to be able to lighten someone’s load a little bit. That is my writing dream. To share my journey and help others.

In one way or another I’ve been in the health and fitness industry since I was a teenager. To be able to walk beside someone as they tackle their goals, to cheer them on when they are loosing faith in their strength, To celebrate the small victories along the way are the things I live for on this journey. I love seeing the look on someone’s face when they do something they thought they couldn’t do! When they meet that goal, loose that weight, fit into those jeans that have been hanging on the back of their closet door….that is the stuff that drives me. Ambition is a beautiful thing, but passion is what drives ambition to movement.

This world can be chaotic, and sometimes you have to reach for things that ease your mind and soothe your soul. Do you know what you find therapeutic? For me it’s painting, getting lost in the pages of a good book, music, determined by my mood of course, dancing around like no one is watching, thunder storms, candle light, newly painted fingernails, and long conversations over coffee with my bestie. I urge you to take some time to look inward and identify these things for yourself. Those things you can reach for when the world doesn’t make sense. When you need an escape. It’s always good to have a fully stocked arsenal on standby for long days.

This has been a long, roundabout way to say there is a lot to life. Being in love is just a sliver of the pie. You have to fill in the rest of that pie. You have to, so that you know who you are. So that you don’t loose yourself in someone else.

Wait for love. Wait for the one who makes you want to be better. But be in action while you wait. Just like you deserve the best version of them, they deserve the best version of you.

What are your passions? What are your ambitions? It’s a great big life! Now go live it!

XOXO, Mollie

Keep {Five Minute Friday}

February 10, 2015 By mollieh02 2 Comments

This post is a part of Five minute Friday, a writing flash mob that happens every week when writers are prompted by a single word to write for 5 minutes without any major editing. Just raw thoughts and emotions. You can find out more and/or join the party here.

This is one of those posts I really didn’t want to write because sometimes it’s just hard to bare the most fragile parts of your heart for all to see.  The more I shied away from writing it, the more I felt God urging my towards it.  So, here goes nothing…

In last weeks Five Minute Friday post I wrote about the wait for a husband and how desperate I feel in that sometimes.  This week the word is keep, and help me, the first thing I thought was keep away!  I feel like I’ve been playing a game of emotional keep away with my heart for the last few years.  It’s fun to flirt a little bit, but the second something seems like it might go past the lightness of that, I can feel my blood run cold and those familiar fears come rushing in.  When you’ve been through a relationship that was quite literally hell on Earth, well let’s just say that KEEP AWAY sign is quite prominently posted in front of me at all times.  Once bitten, twice shy?  Ooo, twice seems like such a gross understatement.  The thought of being vulnerable enough with someone else to let them love me seems terrifying.  But, I’m gonna trust that when God brings him, that He will push me and my walls and fears aside so I don’t get in the way of the love story He is writing for me.  That the one who holds my heart in His hands can heal all the broken pieces and teach me to let love in.

 

Godspeed,

Mollie  <3

The Greatest of These is Love.

October 1, 2014 By mollieh02 6 Comments

Day 1 of 31 in my series 31 Days of Walking in Love.

photo credit: jjay69 via photopin cc

photo credit: jjay69 via photopin cc

-Go-

In or efforts to be like Jesus we should strive to walk in love. Jesus is God, and God is love, perfect unfailing love. To love was His greatest commission to us, to be held in higher esteem than even our own faith or ability to hope.  The greatest thing we can do for someone else is to show them the unfailing love of God, to let His love shine through us.  Even when we fail, His love can shine through.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

It seems like it should be such as easy thing to do, to love someone, to love everyone really. But, where He was perfect in love, we clearly are not. Sometimes it is a real struggle to show someone love. So sit back, get comfortable and be sure to come back here every day as I explore what scripture says about love, and discover new and different ways to walk in love every day.

For now, sit back and enjoy this song. Let it sink in. Let it touch the deepest parts of your heart.  Let it change you.

-Stop-

Jason Gray

Every Act Of Love

Sitting at the stoplight
He can’t be bothered by the heart cry
Written on the cardboard in her hand
But when she looks him in the eye
His heart is broken open wide
And he feels the hand of God reach out through him
As Heaven touches earth

(Chorus)
Oh – we bring the Kingdom come
Oh – with every act of love
Jesus help us carry You
Alive in us, Your light shines through
With every act of love
We bring the Kingdom come

There’s silence at the table
He wants to talk but he’s not able
For all the shame that’s locked him deep inside
But her words are the medicine
When she says they can begin again
And forgiveness will set him free tonight
As Heaven touches earth

(Chorus)

God put a million, million doors in the world
For his love to walk through
One of those doors is you
I said, God put a million, million doors in the world
For his love to walk through
One of those doors is you

(Chorus)

Oh – we bring the Kingdom come
Oh – with every act of love
Jesus help us carry You
Alive in us, Your light shines through
With every act of love
We bring the Kingdom come
With every act of love
We bring the Kingdom come
With every act of love
We bring the Kingdom come

 

Oh, the words of that song are so very powerful!  Speak them over yourself and your life.  Be one of those doors that His love walks through.

Reminder, this post is a part of write31days, a challenge to post to my blog every day in October, as well as a part of Kate Motaung’s challenge to write those posts in just 5 minutes.  In addition today’s post will link up to Woman to Woman Wednesday.

Godspeed,

Mollie <3

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