Before we head over to Target to drool in the aisle with all the planners and colorful pens to start mapping out our goals for 2021, can we take a moment to decompress what we just experienced in 2020? Listen, I’m all in for a new season and beyond ready to embrace what’s to come. But sis, take a seat because we have a lot to unpack.
We can’t make room for new blessings until we declutter and straighten up a few things. If you’re thinking I’m about to take you on a healing journey, I’m sorry to break it to you, but I’m not. At least not yet, I’m saving that for February baby! Right now, I just want to take a second to just “be.” Have you ever taken a trip, whether it be for leisure or business, and not want to do anything afterwards? Personally when I get back from a trip, I don’t want to do a thing, not even unpack. I get so jet lagged and need a moment to take in what I just experienced. So, let’s do just that! Except we’re seriously going to unpack this time. See when you unpack, you pull from your luggage nice souvenirs, but also plenty of dirty laundry from your trip. Let’s sort through both the souvenirs and dirty laundry of 2020, since we have a couple weeks left until we ring in the new year.
I think it’s safe to say 2020 has been undeniably uncomfortable as we’re all adjusting to this “new normal.” Our worlds have literally been turned upside down out of nowhere, without any warnings or breaks. Full throttle. It has been very devastating and heartbreaking for so many families. I can’t even begin to describe the pain that so many of us are feeling. Dealing and trying to cope with the loss of loved ones, the loss of patients, the loss of jobs and businesses, and hell the loss of our sanity! Not to mention the social isolation, our mental breakdowns, our worries, fears of the unknown and our sacrifices giving up the celebrations of milestones and birthdays. Oh wait, this is all our conflicts due to the pandemic, we haven’t even unpacked our heartbreak and hardships that simply come with life and other personal reasons. I know everything listed doesn’t apply to me or even you, but I can bet you can relate to at least one of those things! Cause I sure as fuck can relate to a couple. I’m not excusing my language or lowering my tone, because like you, and so many of us, I’m tired and quite frankly I don’t know if I’m ready to heal just yet. I know I AM going to heal, because that’s who I am, and that’s who you are. But right now, I just want to let it out and be! I want to unpack and rest before I prepare to endure this next journey.
Acknowledge what we just went through, cry, and let it out. I know I did, shame free. We may not even be acknowledging the same things, but we can all recognize 2020 was a tough one. We went through a lot, you went through a lot, but you also accomplished a lot too! Toss out the dirty laundry, but also bask in all those wonderful souvenirs from this trip. I love take-homes after a trip and 2020 had some great ones, don’t forget about that! Take this last month to really sit with yourself and be proud of what you were able to do in a world pandemic! Look at what you did physically and mentally and find gratitude in all this craziness. We still have so much to be thankful for and I don’t know about you, but I was pretty blessed abundantly in this season. There’s something so powerful and magical when you’re still able to find the good in the bad. Make a list of at least 10 amazing things that happened to you this year. Over these next couple weeks, I also challenge you to just “be” and feel what you feel. It’s a whole lot of mixed emotions in the air and that’s okay!
2020 was a lot of things, but it’s shaping us into who God created us to be. Remember you are divine, strong, worthy, and blessed. You don’t have to start the healing process at this very second, just breathe & unpack the dirty laundry. But please don't forget to bask in all the souvenirs of this trip as well!
Enjoy the last of this year the best way you can, Happy Holidays!