Dear change, You’ve been unrelenting these past few years. I barely recognize my life because it looks so different from what I had planned. I was the one who went the same grade school and high school with the same 30 classmates for 11 years. I lived in the house I grew up in for […]
Dear heart
Dear heart, You amaze me with your courage. Your resilience. Your ability to grow. Your openness. Your passion. Your intensity. Your tenderness. Your kindness. Your love. Thank you for being mine. I haven’t always taken care of you in the past but now I’m trying to listen more to you, to make choices that are […]
Dear fear
Dear fear, Why, hello there, old friend! I’m amazed that I’m even calling you friend. You used to be someone I would ignore, hoping that you would go away, whenever I thought about leaving what was familiar or exploring the new. You were my constant companion when I would find myself literally lost in the […]
Dear money
Dear money, We had an exercise during coach training last year where I had a conversation with you. One of my fellow coaches took on your persona and asked me a few questions: Is our relationship now secure for you? Do you expect me to make you happy? Do you love me? Having that conversation shifted […]
Dear courage
Dear Courage, Don’t fail me now. I am recommitting myself to you, to the promise of potential, to a new future which makes my vision for my life a priority. Stick with me when I’m not patient. Stick with me when I’m scared. Stick with me when I want to give up. Remind me of […]
Dear future me
Dear future Aurora, So how’s the view over there? It’s been eight years since you left the safety of the corporate world to strike out on your own, to fulfill this dream, to listen to the voice that was telling you to start your own business. Was it everything you imagined? Was it better? Was […]