Well, here I am. More than a week into my “becoming my own fairy godmother” (BMOFG) journey. There have been rough days, great days, mediocre days, days where I felt lost, days of elation and days of quiet introspection but, whatever the day brought, it’s all been worth it.
Remind me but isn’t there a saying or belief that goes something like, “Once you take a step towards the universe the universe takes 10 steps towards you.” If there isn’t a saying like that, there should be because I have found it to be absolutely 100% true. I took that first step of faith and God has responded!
It’s like once you draw the line and decide that there is NO OTHER OPTION OTHER THAN BEING THE TRUE YOU you’re Spirit throws a party and says, “YES! This is what we’ve been waiting for!”
Deciding to become my own fairy godmother has been an absolute gift. I certainly haven’t done everything right in this first week; there’s a lot I wish I would’ve gotten to (alot I think a fairy godmother would’ve done during this time) but WHO CARES?!! I’ve taken these first few steps (creating more art & sharing it on etsy, putting more effort into connecting with others) and each tiny movement builds upon the next.
I’ve been singing “Put one foot in front of the other” from Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town. You see, I don’t care that I’m not as far as ‘I want to be’, all’s I care is that I put one foot in front of the other and keep progressing. I never knew all the words to that song but I just took the time to watch the video on youtube and oh my gosh, I love it! I’m pretty sure I am going to be listening to this song a lot more in the upcoming days!
Check out some of the lyrics:
If I want to change the reflection
I see in the mirror each morn
You mean that it’s just my election
To vote for a chance to be reborn
A chance to be reborn! That’s exactly what I want to acheive here with becoming my own fairy godmother. I am letting the artist in me be ‘born’ and the creative soul in me that wants to look at butterflies & hummingbirds with childlike wonder be ‘born’ and the me that wants to err on the side of love & risk to be ‘born’.
This week as part of my BMOFG journey I started researching one of the most ‘famous’ fairy godmothers; Cinderella’s. (yes, saying I’m researching a famous fairy godmother makes me giggle but oh well!). I started reading a short Disney version of the story and it didn’t take me but 3 pages to get to my first lesson. Here’s the book & page:
It’s the part of the story where they receive the invitation to the Prince’s ball and Cinderella overhears her Stepmother & stepsisters reading it. “How nice!” thought Cinderellas. “I am invited, too.” ALERT! Did you hear the lesson signal going off? Cinderella heard the invitation and instead of thinking, “Oh, of course the invitation’s not for me. I’m not good enough to go.” She thought “I am invited, too.” From this we see, at that moment Cinderella chose positive SELF TALK! So I decided that as my very own fairy godmother, I would encourage myself by focusing on :::POSITIVE SELF TALK:::
I’m gonna’ be sharing more about my week+ of positive self talk on my first guest post on Your Life Your Way SUPER EXCITED FOR THIS!!! I’ll let you know when my first guest post is up!
Until then, go listen to this song: “Put one foot in front of the other” (seriously, do it~~it’ll make you more happy now!) and keep putting one foot in front of the other. Thanks for reading and please post your comments of what you thought about the song. 🙂
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