Brave Enough To Be Bliss

you too and being so, so, so, so proud of all YOU have accomplished!!!! ❤️ ❤️

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” Oprah Winfrey

From: Ginger Bliss To: Ginger Rothhaas Wed, May 1, 2019 at 12:33 AM

Attached is this completed exercise. Kylee is with a friend, so I took the opportunity to think about me...it's been a while. In a decent place, though, even after a couple rough patches. And John stopped by randomly and talked for a few hours, left about 11:45 p.m. and it was all good. Very healthy place! Ginger and I discussed the assignment (below), but it would actually become much more important in November 2023 when I reviewed it and noticed there wasn’t one word that I would change. It all still held true exactly as it was. That realization would lead me to an important shift in thinking about my career and perhaps changing the course of my life. Why am I here? Here are some things to think about as you ponder this question: What do you love to do? I love to help people and make them smile or ease their pain. What can you help with? I can help with cleaning, organizing, detail-oriented work, problem solving, budgeting. What can you contribute? I can brighten people’s days with thoughtful words or encouragement. What can you teach? Interview/career coaching, compartmentalization Who do you fight for? Kylee Bliss, people of color, women…basically anyone who is being marginalized. What have you been trained to do? Write, edit, share stories…everything else career - wise I pretty much learned by doing, wasn’t really trained. What brings you joy? Kylee Bliss, my closest friends. Running (most of the time), walking/running through nature, hiking in Arizona. Being a light in someone’s darkness. What do people come to you for? Help What did you struggle with doing? Verbalizing my feelings. Asking for help. What have you overcome? A lot. Hating myself 100% of the time. As a child, what did you pretend? I don’t remember much of my childhood, so I don’t have an answer to that. How do people describe what you do for them? Help them, encourage them, brighten their days, lift their spirits, support them, have their backs. What do you lose track of time doing? Writing What do you love to talk about? Kylee Bliss What have you suffered from? Self-hatred, self-loathing. What breaks your heart? People who are unkind, hurtful, demeaning, judgmental, racism, poverty, abuse of any kind, but am especially sensitive about sexual abuse/assault, any person in pain but especially Kylee Bliss. What solution do you envision? Being one voice unwilling to be silenced any longer and perhaps inspiring others to do the same until we start chipping away at societal injustices. What problems can you solve? Only the ones that are mine. Continuing to hate myself less often and like myself more. Where do you show kindness easily? I have no hesitancy to show kindness anywhere, it is the most natural thing for me to do. I struggle more with having boundaries, giving too much, etc. For whom do you feel most compassion? Everyone but myself most generally, but I am improving to be able to show myself compassion more often. Like last week, you can again place your name in the middle of a blank piece of paper and write the answers to these questions as the thoughts come to you. Allow the thoughts to flow freely without judgment, just observe all of the complexity that makes up You.

Then summarize your findings into a statement similar to one of these: "I am here to_________." I am here to bring kindness and love to others.

"I help________ with __________ by _________." I help others with their problems by offering support and encouragement. "My purpose is to be a ______ for/to_______ so that they______." My purpose is to be in some small way a reminder of the love Jesus has for all people so they will know they are never alone. When you wonder why you exist, return to your purpose statement to remember what you feel your purpose is right now. Revisit these questions periodically, our purpose continues to evolve as we age and encounter new circumstances.

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