01/20/2020
Transitioning from one part of life into another has a bad stigma around it, as if change is bad by nature, too dangerous and risky.
Just like the ocean.
I want to jump and swim in the ocean, but yo, have you ever seen a shark? Jellyfish? The SIZE of the fish in there??? So yeah, I’m afraid to jump in. There’s no telling what’s in there.
But you see, something about me that you might not know, is that I like to be free. I like to be free of fear more specifically. I want to swim far into that ocean, and laugh as I do it. I don’t want to be afraid anymore.
So hey, for me, my freedom and joy is going to outweigh my fears. I might be afraid, but you can bet your butt I’m jumping in that water. I will consciously choose to trust that I’ll be alright, even when I can’t see what’s around me.
Anndddd to wrap that all uppppp, that’s what change is like for me. That’s what the future is like for me. I can’t say that I’m not afraid, but I will promise that fear will never stand in my way. If God says jump, I’m jumping in and I’ll be laughing while I do it, because no fear is going to hold me down.
This painting is for the season I left behind me as I go into my new one. It was a joyful, peaceful, and happy season. Just because it’s time to leave something behind, it doesn’t make that something any less beautiful.
“Remember Me” Acrylic on Canvas
A painting of wild Forget-Me-Not flowers
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