the aftermath…a journey back to me

Sep 5

Music is art, and like art, when it pours from the heart and soul of the artist, can resonate with countless people who interpret it in different ways.

This song resonates with me in so many ways. While I’m sure the artist, Jeffrey James, wrote it from the perspective of a romantic relationship, it resonated with me differently, because I am living proof that building fires in the aftermath of my own life is beautiful, and so worth the painful journey that led me here.

The “me and you” in this song is me today, and you, the person I was becoming slowly, year after year, trauma after trauma, since the day I was incarnated. I’m not saying it was all bad, but what was bad consistently changed me into a woman that had a lot of undoing and unlearning to do in order to have peace in my life and relationships.

This is not a pity post. This is a post about un-fucking myself and undoing all of the shit in my life that dimmed the bright light I came into this world with. This is a post about empowerment and healing that is available to us all, if we are open to receiving it.

So often, when trauma and pain becomes the normal feeling in our lives early on, we hang on to it, because our brain has told us that’s our safe place. Hence the word “undoing” and the work of unlearning or re-parenting myself.

It’s ok to let go of the thoughts, relationships, limiting beliefs and things that no longer serve you and or stand in the way of your healing.

When you finally realize there is nothing left for you to prove, and you have nothing to lose, you’ll be amazed at what you can begin to create in your aftermath.

You’re stronger than you know.

Namaste,

SNicols

There’s nothing left for me to prove

I’ve been thinking lately

Maybe this is crazy

But I don’t have anything to lose

Everything is changing

Look what we’re creating it’s

Something better than

What we ever planned

Waiting for us in the aftermath

So we start again

Take it in our hands

Building fires in the aftermath

Just me and you

I was too afraid to fall

But when I lost control

Of what I tried to hold

On to I thought I’d never have it all

But now I see the/its possible

Something better than

What we ever planned

Waiting for us in the aftermath

So we try again

Take it in our hands

Building fires in the aftermath

Just me and you

We can’t stop the world from turning

People doing what they do

But when everything is burning

We’ll be building fires in the aftermath

Just me and you

Sherry Nicols

I stand in gratitude always, grateful for the valleys that allow the peaks, grateful for the storms that allow the sun to shine, grateful for the broken path that led me to the journey back to my authentic self and the ability to be in service to others.

I am beyond grateful for the opportunities to have been at my loved ones’ sides, holding their hands, honored to be given the gift of walking them home. I am thankful for meaningful spiritual relationships I now have with each of them, and for their guidance, visits, and UNDENIABLE messages that show me that they haven’t gone anywhere….they’re all just done with their meat puppets.

Never let one moment, good or bad, define you or your journey. Embrace the peaks AND the valleys. Roll around like a puppy in clover when you’re at the peak and learn to not give a fuck when you are in the valleys.

You won't be there for long and that climb back up is where the magic happens….your growth.

🍀🍀🍀Namaste🕉

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