Dear friend,

Your life is a series of chapters, a sequence of pages filled with your story, a series of sentences flowing at times like the waves. On other days, life unfolds like a song: single notes and rhythms best understood when taken in totality.

Here’s the thing about your story: it is being written with each passing day. You are the main character, and life is the gift that helps facilitate your character development.

Your story is being written on days when you choose to take control of the pen, and it is being written on the days when you don’t care to write. Every day, a sentence, paragraph, or chapter of your story unfolds.

The beauty of each new day

Today is another chance for you to read the previous chapters and take note of the beauty, the blessings, and the ups and downs. Make notes in the margins about what you want to bring to your next chapters and what you need to leave behind.

Now, look at all the beautiful blank pages still before you. Possibilities that are so vast that sometimes they leave you motionless and breathless. But, whether you take the pen and write or sit back and wait, the story is being written. The question is this: how and what will you contribute to your own story?

Keep writing your story

I know there are some chapters you want to go back and delete. However, you can’t erase what has been written. That’s just how it works. But frankly, why would you want to? All that stuff has seasoned and strengthened you–the good and the bad. It is all useful for your character development; it is a part of your secret sauce.

There are so many wonderful sentences waiting to be written and blank pages waiting to hold you, everything about you.

So, give those pages all you’ve got. Put that pen in your hand and write. Get the paintbrushes out and make art. Be intentional with your story. Heck, you can even whip out the broken crayons and color outside the lines for once.

Don’t worry if things aren’t perfect or if you make a few mistakes because you can always turn the page.

#notestoyou is a series of blog posts for when you need to hear an encouraging wordfrom a friend. It is a little something to lift you up on the journey. I pray you find a spark of energy, a healing word, or a gentle reminder of the awesomeness inside you from these words.