A "Come As You Are" Party.

 This is a message I wrote to myself today that I thought may benefit you as well. Think of it as a little “love note” of encouragement reminding you it’s 100% okay to show up each day exactly as you are…

Have a come as you are party – every day. No need to wait for a special occasion. 

Begin with messy hair and unbrushed teeth and a cup of steaming hot coffee. Feed the pups who lay on the orange rug in the kitchen and stare at you while you make said coffee.

Embrace the tiny love handles that now creep over the waistband of your periwinkle pajama bottoms (even “healthy” gluten-free baking and calories add up!). And embrace all of it, all of you, as you awaken and move through this new day.

Have frequent “come as you are” parties. Throughout the day pause to remember that the wrinkles and little silver hairs, skin beginning to sag, they are all signs of living and loving. Reminders that you are here and alive, experiencing it all.

Let the dishes pile up in the sink. Walk right by the clumps of dog hair piling up on the grey wooden stairs. Ignore the ring in the bathtub.

Pay attention to more inspiring things. Signs of spring like the daffodils and crocuses bursting forth from the ground, their yellow blooms sure to appear within weeks. Wagging dog tails. The night sky and the Milky Way on a clear evening. 

Notice what brings you alive and do more of that. Early mornings before dawn with your lavender candles lit sitting in meditation, sometimes a tiny 12-pound terrier curled up next to you when you finish and open your eyes. Words spilling out onto the page. Walks in the woods with two dogs who experience boundless joy as they run ahead on the trail. And sitting face to face with a dear friend sipping tea and talking for hours on end about whatever is in your heart and in theirs. 

Let “come as you are parties” be a regular occurrence, not a special occasion. Screw the makeup. Throw on your comfy clothes (again!). And screw what anyone else thinks. Let it go.

What do you think? What is your deepest truth?

Go there and align with what you know to be true. Step into the valley of that wisdom and deep knowing that lives right within your own being, my friend. Let it guide you and be your north star

And keep having those “come as you are” parties” every day.  I’ll make the coffee and you just bring yourself.