How Real Are We Willing To Be?

There are things we don’t talk about. Worry, anger, fear. We hold back, not talking about them because it is just so hard.

Blazing Trails

Trailblazing brave is hard. You have to be willing to walk in the thickest parts of the forest without a path to guide your way. It requires time and commitment (and sometimes blood) as you trek through the unknown to make a way for yourself and anyone else who faces the same questions.

Is this waxing a bit poetic for you? Well, let me put it out there in black and white with the trail I’m on right now.

If I can't love myself at 185 pounds I will never love myself at 155 pounds or 135 pounds. Share on X

Yeah, I went there. I just put my weight out there for the whole world-wide web to see. And sometimes I have no idea why.

Being Brave Is Hard

I write brave making it look so easy to share the inner pieces of my head and heart, but you should know I do so with shaking knees and a finger hovered above the delete button.

Some days I force myself to hit publish, and a lot of days I don’t know why. This is what honest looks like.

I wish all my days could be love letters to my body and things I’m done apologizing for, but brave is hard and sometimes I have to force myself to go there. And when I really think about why, it’s as much for me as it is for you.

My self has always been an issue for me. Whether it’s my body or my heart or my feelings or my abilities. No amount of writing brave has completely eradicated me of my self-esteem issues. But it has gotten easier.

Truth and Light

Recognizing truth and saying it for what it is brings freedom.

It shines a light into the darkest of places and gives you hope that maybe it won’t always be so frighteningly black. Maybe there is light that you never knew existed. 

And when we all hold up our little slivers of light together in a great abyss of darkness, well, that’s when we can light up the world with God’s truth.

What truth do you need to bring light to today?

For me, it is a struggle with weight. A struggle that I can’t seem to get a hold on, but seeking God’s truth is slowly bringing light.

Are you being real with the people around you? Can you find a way to be brave?

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Author: Rebecca Hastings

Rebecca is a writer and speaker encouraging women to find real faith that works in real life. A wife and mother of three in Connecticut, she can often be found typing words, driving her kids places or wherever there is chocolate.

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