Dear Life…Signed Girl YOU Crazy!

Have you ever taken a moment to reflect on how far you’ve come and where you’re going, the next step you should take and if you took no steps at all what would really happen?

Writing Life a letter this week is all about self-reflection, moving forward, walking in your purpose and…defeating crazy with courageous…no matter the obstacles in front of you!

When was the last time you wrote Life a letter…and just let it all out?

I personally have never really written one, well I have in this book I’m writing (another part of my process)…but it goes in a completely different direction…yea, that’s another story for another time…but I have never written one that was just to Life in general like this one.

Pre-GYC-Disclaimer: We have all written or spoken a letter to Life and the way we write or speak it depends on our relationship with it…therefore, as some may know I am ALL, all over the place and this letter will more than likely read this way but I mean…this wouldn’t be Girl YOU Crazy if I didn’t right? Right.

Let’s get into it…

Dear Life,

It’s funny how we live you everyday, yet we question the reality we see…I guess you know where this is going!!!

But when I’m left with my thoughts, I just wonder…

Why are you not as pure and simple as this paper?

Maybe that’s too deep… let me start again…

You must get these letters a lot…?  I guess I could say, “I hope this letter finds you well” but I guess this letter is not about you but me writing you, and telling you what is on my mind…

HMPH…

I’ve come to a point where it seems as though you are seriously pressuring me and everywhere I turn is a LESSON… (I’m not yelling, I just want you to know that I recognize/acknowledge/know these are LESSONS).

Learning one thing after another…encountering this crazy, that crazy and they have the nerve to think I’m crazy but Life when will they learn, my crazy is in perspective, profitable and we call it courage…Can I get a witness???

But honestly, the reason I am writing you…since you already know all of this stuff is…

The different experiences of the past and present seem to keep placing me at sink, sail or swim back to shore moments, which ultimately remind me… “don’t let go…”

There comes a time or many, and I believe this is mine, since we have been creating aha moments and all that but it’s time to look at the process (my process) and recognize where I’m going and did I volunteer to go or did I just end up here…and is there a reason to stop, start over or keep going?

Whatever the answer is…Am I actually in Operation Forward Motion?...because none of this matters if I am not moving forward and just making noise where no one is listening…been there, done that, saw it and continue to see it…and I don’t like it for myself or anyone else!

So as I write this letter, I will explore these questions...

Personal Open Reflection for us to explore in a conversation with our beautiful Life:

+Where did I start?

+Why did I start?

+How did I start?

+Do any of my where, why, and how’s relate to each other???

+Where am I now?

+Do I want to be here?

++If not here, Why? How will I get somewhere else?

+This is where I want to end…

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+But where will my actions/decisions allow me to actually end?

The other day, I made a sticky note about all of my experiences to see how and why I could move forward…and you know what I realized Life???

That this life me you live together was (past tense) missing some understanding in my actual experiences…and I have way more experience than I knew I had…and at age 23, so I’m wondering, how many of us have really taken the time to know what we have experienced???

Do we give ourselves proper credit? (Please refer to Don’t Take the Elevator…)

Do we know and appreciate the journey we are on?

“The person I am is the person I have become, the process can attest to the journey that has only begun.”-My truth

I know we sat down before and had a conversation about stop being nosey but all of these lessons I’m learning, those questions above really place things in right now perspective…and the two of us have greater things to do…I know it!!! So, I refuse to let/allow/approve any of things or people that will keep me from receiving my directions and instructions, which is a serious fight and strengthens my knowledge to know that the best IS yet to come…

But can I just vent…because that’s what I do??? Cool? Cool.

I’m almost done…but what I don’t say here, I say in my thoughts and actions---

GYC Girl Girl GIRL YOU CRAZY Rant…I have to! And yes this is like 1 sentence)!

When I think about my life and the lives of others that face criticism by those thinking they’re doing a favor for something bigger than them or even a favor to you without genuinely asking YOU, about YOU before talking negatively/criticizing/bashing YOU…I remember that in actuality it’s just a response of their own self-reflection or lack thereof…but I won’t retaliate/argue/give any more air than this quote (I wrote) below because I know that you, beautiful Life, have great instructions and directions for me to live and be all of me, so when people see US (YOU, ME, WE) may our confidence, strength and boldness shine, maintain it’s character and say…

“If you don’t understand the vision (the vision for my life)…don’t criticize the image (me)!”

Life, thank you for showing me how to be in Operation Forward Motion, and reminding me that I am going somewhere that I am supposed to be voluntarily…I love you…but you already know that!

Sincerely ME,

GYCGirlYOU…know the rest!

Your turn, what letter will you write Life…

Dear Life,

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Unfinished Mosaic of Me

Am I willing to surrender

the broken person of me

for the love

for the beauty

of a mosaic of me?

Designed parts from the past

used to inspire

paths of my destiny

created and continues

to be the making of

something beautifully

with a name

where all bitterness is erased

for the sake of sanity…

The depths of me

Pieces you cannot see

What I have yet

And am longing to be.

No one remembers birth

but we all have a long-lost picture

and proof in the mirror

given tools to pursue

life to experience

mistakes to forgive

and lessons showing you have actually lived.

But am I willing to be and acknowledge the mosaic I was designed to be?

Parts from my past used to inspire that, which is in me

If someone asked

“What will You do with all of You?”

what would be my response

I’m pretty sure the mind would ponder

like yours is now

and propose a new question

Am I ok that all the inner workings of me are not released?

And am I working for that to be?

If a voice whispered

“decide now,

what is important”

Would I do it like laundry?

want from need

desire from envy

and not of other people

but envious of what I know

I’m meant to be

Caught in a glimpse of the future

Vision clouded of the present

Frustrated

I’m still here

Contemplating while the world is waiting

Am I willing to be the mosaic of me?

Let the pieces fall where they hit

White space

From the past saying “fill me”

because you’ve learned

Empty space for the present

saying “live me”

you’re worth it

and

Future saying “wait for me,

I’m worth it”

Ditch craziness for courage

Apparently to some

It all looks the same

I’m nothing but a mere mosaic

Unfinished

Designed from love

Now agreed to be

All of the reason I was formed

I see white space all around

saying “paint me”

There is more to do

Now I’m left with a question

That will forever

remain in my remembrance

________________(insert your name here)

What will You do with all of You?

Positioned to Succeed.

“I don’t know about you…but I know my placement is key to living my dreams, and knowing 1st hand what success means.”-My Life Story

I’m back writing… and I hope you all enjoyed the vlog/webisode/episodes/whatever you want to call it preferably “GYCGirl…Speaks!” but the choice is yours!

But...like I was saying, I’m back writing and I’ve been working on a few things to expand my work outside of GYC, and in that…

I felt the need to basically RANT… RANT THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH for the purpose of inspiring you…

However, I have a feeling that many think I rant every week…maybe I need a Webster’s Dictionary definition of the word “rant” or you know what, I do happen to Do things differently…so, maybe I’ll just make up my own so that I am basically always RIGHT! Hmph!

*It’s cool…people think we’re Crazy anyway*

Therefore, the definition of a GYC-GirlYOUCrazy.com or GirlYOUCrazy.com (yes indeed, we have expanded…Mmmhmm) Rant is:

+Purposefully saying what I want, in an order that is all over the place… because in a moment of wanting someone to understand something you’re passionate about, you find this unexplainable excitement that surpasses all grammar rules…and things just happen the way they want to! Also, you feel as though someone gave you a wake up call…even if it is just for yourself!

++All rants may not make sense in the beginning, it’s cool…either it’s for you, not for you, or not right now.

++Takes the time to let whatever is bottled up in you…OUT!

+Basically, GYC Rants are “A moment of passionate release.”

Now that we have cleared that up…

 Please be clear…that I am most definitely as WE ALL ARE, Will and Should be…

Positioned to succeed.

Think on that.

Or in other words…

Enabled to

Create continuous aha moments!

Sometimes people create aha moments that are really not aha moments and end up being let me hide after I just did “that” moment because what they created was not something connected to them…

 Rather something they wish was connected to them (for whatever reason).

But when I…GYCGirlYOUCrazy talks about creating your aha moment…I’m talking about creating a moment that is actually attached to YOU, birthed from the heart…visualized through the imagination (Yep all of that from Still I Remain.), something you will not hide from but embrace/stand tall/be proud because you uncovered more if who you are.

“Yea…I hear what you’re saying but how do I create that aha moment”:

Words mean nothing without action and people are always trying to reinvent themselves …etc. and the list goes on!!!

No one (named Lauren Alicia/GYCGirlYOUCrazy) is talking about reinventing yourself…I’m talking about getting to know yourself and make way for letting in and out all of you.

Personally/Professionally, I can look at a business’ foundation or the talents of an individual and show points of increase and expansion…but since I do not know you and to meet me is not impossible…just not necessary to this precious moment we are about to create or currently creating…

However,

I can say this about the YOU I have yet to meet…if you want to know how to expand yourself by always having something new that excites you and is actually connected to YOU…KNOW YOUR FOUNDATION…not what you think is your foundation…but what is really there, scars, traumas, victories, precious life moments…nightmares and all!

*I apologize for the excessive use of “moment”*

How can YOU position yourself to succeed if you don’t know what you are about to receive?

A few questions for YOU to explore:

+What is your talent(s) or gift(s)? How did you discover your talent(s) or gift(s)? And what are you doing with them right NOW?

+Do you know the person you’ve become? Are you excited about where you’re going?

+Do you know your worth? Have you accepted anything below your worth?

+Have you decided to leave a legacy worth mentioning?

+Do the people you call friends actually support you?

Break…………………………………………………………

GYC Personal Reflection:

During “GYCGirl…Speaks!” I talked about My Set of Training Wheels (if you don’t know…click here) and how every time I try something new, there is a new set there to support me as I step /walk into this new endeavor/venture/really just opening myself up to knowing more about myself, and living it (you can call it what you want…but I know what it is!)!!!

And

In this, I know it’s okay that I’m new, which means I need to ask questions, be cautious yet excited, and at the same time recognize in strength, confidence and boldness…

THAT I AM equipped no matter the need for support in beginning stages…I am equipped to pursue because those who train are.  

But if I can really reflect…

The moments and struggle of starting something new, discovering/exploring new things, and realizing the journey has beautiful stops…

I continuously create aha moments in my life that position me to succeed through not being afraid but proceeding with caution (there is a difference) and opening myself up to getting to know the “me” I was created to be.

It’s that visual we all live of standing on a line between yes and no…knowing that we are set up to win but it is still our decision to make that move.

And when we do,

YOU, ME, WE will continuously make them and keep moving forward.

If I may…and I will! This is for you!!!

Please read:

I can succeed from many directions because I understand there are different parts of me equipped to handle different situations at different times and still come out on top!

If you do not know…that above is a Mirror Check…YOUR Mirror Check!

Just in case you were wondering…

Definition of Mirror Check:

Confirming, affirming, encouraging and reminding yourself about who you are and your purpose, and why you can fight and remain in anything aligned with that…no matter what Old Slewfoot tries to show or tell you!

Let’s go through a few “Positioned to succeed” GYC Mirror Checks

+”Positioned to succeed…there are many layers to me (that I will peel back and be all I’m created to be).”

+"Positioned to succeed because I’m in position to receive."

+ I can.

+“Someone once told me…I have everything I need. So I positioned myself to receive, so that I may succeed.”

+I will.

+I am equipped to win…so I am what a winner looks like.

+All the “No’s” in the world can’t compare to the destined to be yes!

+ “What is for Me is for Me, and only doubt can change that.

+“I don’t have back-up plans…I have plans that work from different positions.”

Last Note and I’m done…

You will find many talents attached to pressing the limits of one talent…get to know yourself…more than you think you know yourself.

Don’t be afraid to create aha moments that are actually connected to YOU because when those actions are in motion

…YOU will never be without a direction to go.

P.S. I just heard this song on a TV show from the 70s (Yes… I watch shows from the 70s…because they are amazing!!!) AND THE WORDS WERE JUST…well, Listen below or find lyrics, the song is called “You’re Gonna Hear from Me”-----YOU know YOU want to!!!! Enjoy!

“Move over sun and give me some sky…”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMsXZF_-qhU

Dreams that Beamed.

GYCGirl...Speaks! Finale

No words this week...Just watch, listen & enjoy!

 

Dreams that Beamed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnPT0L0Lsno

My Set of Training Wheels

"I choose to reflect so that I may proceed with caution..."

 

We all have had and/or possibly still have a set of training wheels in some way, shape or form...

Let us reflect...

http://youtu.be/LLxhmP_wgWU

Whatever your beginning support may be...acknowledge it, appreciate it and realize the indicator when it's time to take them off!

"Relate past events to present opportunities and realize you're ready."

-GYCGirl...Speaks!