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Sweet, supportive, loving, incredible Brave Girls….you know that all around you and all around the world Brave Girls just like you are struggling. They don’t show it, but inside they feel it. What if you knew? What if you could see into their hearts? What if she was your sister or your daughter or your mom. Today our question is…
What would you tell a Brave Girl who is looking for peace?
Remember…she is real. What would you tell her if you had a quiet minute together? Leave a comment and tell her…she’ll find it.
xoxo
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sometimes in this world it’s hard to find peace. I struggle with that every Christmas. It’s chaotic, there’s too much to do, too many places to go, we’re going, going, going.
I’ve given myself permission to ask each day, “What do I need to do for me?”
At home, I’ve turned off the news and gossip shows. During the day, I allow myself to check news websites twice a day, ignoring most of it. Why? Do you notice how many headlines try to ‘grab’ our attention, then, they’re not as bad as what they portray? A lot of news and gossip shows are overblown and trick us; creating more stress.
turning off the tv helps give me peace and quiet, and time to think and create.
Reading the Bible is comforting. A verse or two that you can let flow through your spirit during the day is calming. (there are free Iphone Bible apps). Poetry helps as well. Finding time to create something just for you, or journaling privately is peace-making. Writing all the yucky stuff down on a page (even if you have to write over the top, and can’t even read it) helps. Paint over it, or burn it up!
Finding a friend to talk to, a walk in the fresh air; making a date just for you, and keeping it! Saying a prayer, asking for peace in your spirit and life…These are all peace-givers.
I would tell a brave girl that she is perfect just as she is … and to see herself that way.
Eydie from Chicago
I would tell a BG that to find peace she must become quiet…… and in that silence she will discover everything! xoxoxoxoxox
my friend let me know about brave girls club, and i am so thankful that she did! your posts, emails, blogs–all of them are food for my hungry soul. you encourage me. give me hope. make me laugh. help me to feel like i’m not alone.
thank you.
Peace, My sweet daughter I want you to have peace that you are beautifully created. I want for you to wear your scars like badges of honor. I want in the quite moments of yourself for you to have confidence that the Prince of Peace lives in you and because of that may you have strength to choose peace when you feel that the world is against you. You are a peaceful creation. My Mighty child you have brought peace to men as they take their last breaths. You have brought peace to children when they are terrified of what comes next. And by your grace you bring peace to my heart when I am in fear of our next steps…
Peace….essentially in our war driven world means…..the absence of war. And the beginnings of love and acceptance and understanding. But within ourselves…it can essentially mean the same thing. Try, now, to stop “warring” with yourself. Try to calm the quarreling storm that is within us all. It is sometimes much much easier said than done……but it CAN be done. With the right environment, and the right people surrounding you, and the right words and thoughts that you feed yourself, IT CAN BE DONE! YOU are a perfect being. Not perfect in the whole sense of the world….because no one is perfect and that is a huge thing to have to live up to anyhow. Perfect is HIGHLY overrated! But just perfect enough! Tell yourself that. You have such goodness in you. It doesn’t matter what you have done, or possibly might do. Forget expectations. Find peace in that. You are who you are…for a just reason. For a perfect reason. There would be an enormous whole on this earth without you. You are loved. No matter what. You are cared for. You are needed. You are beautiful. You are you! You are just perfect enough! Find peace in that! Breathe in peace daily! Go in peace! Love in peace. Love yourself!
Banish the inner critique – s/he is NASTY at times – and realize that the negative voices we’ve heard as young girls have been so internalized that those voices have become our own. No longer do outsiders have to criticize; we self-criticize based on values implanted into our souls, values that aren’t even ours. So quiet the critic, look at what you’re doing, identify the person you are trying to please – and make sure your own voice stops the criticism, your own soul-eyes can see what you’re doing to yourself, and recognize that YOU are the only person you have to please.
Don’t be a party to your own destruction. Rather, be a party to your own growth, on your own terms.