Why be strong? Girl right now I'm feeling weak. I'm feeling useless and confused at the moment. I've done little but I'm really tired. I've given myself "me time" but it's still not enough. 

What do I need? What do I want? What's going to get me out of this? 

Maybe nothing needs to be done. I think it's about time we normalize not being strong all the time, not having to do anything to gain happiness and rest.

Who told us we have to "get through it" all the time and fix the problem? Who sent them?  I say that is the problem. Sometimes we just need to be and breathe. And that's all that matters. Not necessarily just in one moment but maybe for a few days, a few weeks, oh yes even a year! Take a minute to feel the solid floor beneath your feet, smell the air and predict the rain, plant a seed and watch it grow. The seed takes it time yet it gets to where it's designed to go in perfect timing. It just grows and it's in no hurry to do so.

As you work, as you clean your home, and as you drive take a breath. Do all that you do in a rhythm of rest. And watch the weight melt off of you.

Look up and trust the God of your heart. He'll take care it for you. Whatever your carrying give it to Him and let him worry about it for you. 

Sometimes we are doing too much and trying too hard to be strong and sometimes we are just not strong enough and that's okay. Take the pressure off and chill. Step back a beat and get into the rhythm of being.

Your joy will return and so will your peace. You'll find meaning and happiness in the smallest of things if you just rest.