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Kelly Gunther • Jul 27, 2020
1 Year!
I was working a 14 hour day this day, as it was a Monday April 14th, 2019. I had just worked at the school & I was headed straight to my second job, I was in line for Starbucks for something to keep me awake for the rest of the evening/night.
As it was only the start of the week! I had called my brother to tell him, I was ready to go to the south! I was ready to move out of Utah. He
said “That’s great. Do you know where you're going & all these questions a brother would ask!” I just simply said “no, I have no idea yet! But I should go probably check it out huh?” He says “Kelly, you should move to Ohio!” I started “dying
laughing, I said there’s absolutely no way! Nope, not happening! Thanks but no thanks! Nope! Nope! Nope!” He says “I’m serious, you can live in my basement & save up as much money as you want/ can & you can move wherever
you’d like! Just think of how much money you’d save!” He was onto something. I had this feeling come over me, that I don’t know if I had ever felt anything like it before,
I simply say “okay” he says “okay?” I said “Let’s do it! I think you are right. I’m 32, and I would like to work to be able to buy something of my own, I’d love to have something for myself!” He couldn’t believe it, & well neither could I! I woke up Tuesday, wondering if I had fallen & hit my head or what actually happened to me.
That feeling I had was God, telling me that it was going to be okay, that this is what I had to do. I had NO idea why I was ever supposed to move to Ohio.
I had so many questions in my head, maybe just as you would. How many of us, ask ourselves about the future & maybe even try to figure it out for ourselves? I know I am one of them & I could probably think of a few good reasons why, but really what mattered was, I was ready to take a huge leap of faith & trust within myself.
I knew that the change was going to be beyond scary and even a little fear sat within me. What change isn’t scary of so many of the unknowns? I’m sure there are probably a few of us that could be scared of it and not sure if we can take the leap of faith. I learned that I had to remember what my goals were & always keeping that in mind. When I didn’t have all of the answers in front of me, but also knowing it wasn’t my forever. I was going somewhere where I had always said I wouldn’t ever go before or even back too.
I had never done anything like this before in my entire life, picking up & moving across the country leaving a home for the last 12 years of my life.
I was established in Salt Lake City, my friends and what I called home was all there.
I was ready for the change and I was ready to see what was on the other side of the mountains.
We don’t have all of the answers & we might not even have one of the answers. That it's okay to trust within our gut and follow it. I always say “easier said than done” when I give advice, but sometimes I need to listen to my own. As I believe we forget our goals & forget why we even took the leap of faith, because of the fear that can set in and get in the way of us.
We always have to find our strengths within us. We as humans are a lot more powerful than we think and give ourselves credit for. I say that & to tell you, when you are alone & you don’t think you can do it, you have a little self prep talk with yourself. The determination will find you. You stand up taller, believe in you and you go for it! Don’t let anything ever stop you. Be strong & don’t ever, ever forget who you are and what you stand for. Always go after what you want.
I know this world is this big scary place, it is for me. I know when I can take deep breaths, sit down and remember my goals, I keep moving forward. Maybe that's what you need to do, take the leap of faith & move forward or maybe you don’t need to sit down and write them out, and that's okay. As this world is as big as it is, we are all so different in so many ways. Some work this way, while others work that way. We weren't all made to work one cenern way. That is the beauty of being you, while finding out who you are! Maybe the big leap of the faith for the change is just what you need. I don’t know the answers for you, but I can tell -you that you can do it. As change may have bigger answers for the new opportunities ahead for you.
The change is like a roller coaster you might be up, down & all over the place, but if you always know the ride does and will stop, you will get to your final destination. Buckle in cause life is always one heck of a ride. Make sure you smile as the camera as you go by!
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Let that sink in for a bit as you read it. You might be wondering what that even means. Spiritual friendship isn’t something you just come across or even recognize right off the bat (at least for me, it wasn’t). It’s a friend, or group of friends, who lead and point you to God. I never knew what it truly was until I joined my church and was introduced to small groups. My small group was a group of women who met every Thursday. We’d do a Bible study together then discuss what we’d learned on the topic of what we were following and diving into. I really started to feel not only what “spiritual friendship” was but more of even the meaning of “true friends.” Before I made these spiritual friendships, I’d never been around a group of women that would pray together and talk vulnerably to help one another with the best advice they could. As it was then handed to God we knew & trusted that He would always point us in the direction of where it was going to lead us. Friendships are very important and always have an important meaning behind them, as every friend you have is - different from one another. That is what is so special about friendships and having so many different ones. Each one is unique and special to you. I just want you to know, I’m not here to tell you how to be a good friend or even be a Spiritual Friend, just want to give my meaning of friendships of my own. As they are very important to me, as it's where good friends become your family as well as lifting one another up. Friends are how you get to pick who you want to be in your circle to do life with. They understand everything that you are going through and will always be there for you, no matter what. The little catch is… You yourself have to be a good friend also. This starts just within you! If you aren’t a good friend to yourself, you can’t be a good friend to anyone else. you have to love yourself to be able to give yourself to others. What you put into you is just as important as what you give out to your friendships. If you aren’t happy with yourself, you won’t be happy with others. To know who you truly are, you have to fully dig within yourself. There are a few pieces. Confidence within you, believe in yourself, love yourself for who you are, and most importantly, stand up for who you are! If you are confident with who you are, you’ll be able to attract confidence in friendships. You want the ones who lift one another up. I love seeing my friends grow in who they are and chase the dream they want. You want to see them succeed, be happy for them, and cheer them along the way. Cause hey! Not everyone is always “perfect” or on their best game for that day. When you need a little belief or whatever it may be, your friends are able to help lift you up and remind you who you are! It's a hard world out there and even a cruel one. Why be so cruel to one another, when you can lift and help one another out? As you succeed, so do your friends. It’s a huge momentum circle where one feeds off another, to then lead into another. The more momentum you have, the more you grow stronger as a bond and always help each other out. Friendships are always for seasons of life. they are put into certain parts of your life, for when you might need that exact friend to be able to help you. Each one has its own story to be able to grow with you. “Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly, to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, ‘Sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.’” C.S. Lewis Love that quote! I hope you can understand how important friendships are, what they stand for, and who they are. Without friendships, you won’t have much. As friendships really are the greatest of worldly goods! Says C.S. Lewis. Also along with C.S. Lewis, I couldn’t agree more, “to me it is the chief of happiness of life’ As it is! Love your friends, as you love yourself At the same time, the more you love your friends, the more you love yourself and are able to love them even more! Be who you are and give what you have! Love one another as God has loved you! Be the friend who you want to have.New Paragraph
Why hello again! I feel it's been a little bit since I’ve posted a blog or even gotten to write. So here we are. I write or post my blogs on what I feel inspires me that week or if something fun & exciting happens. So they might be all over the place & I apologize for that, but that is also just who I am. All over the place! With that being said, let's just dive into it. Have you ever felt you couldn’t make the choice to just say “yes” and go after what you want? There might be a few of us. It’s never easy, just to make the choice to say “yes” it comes with a lot of feelings behind it. Fear, anxiety, not thinking positive, just being scared, scared of the outcome, I mean there’s a lot that could be stopping you. The catch is.. WHAT IF YOU CHOSE TO SAY “YES” I’m not saying there isn’t going to be a lot of work behind it and scary, don’t get me wrong. It is scary, but there’s always the other hand. The hand of choice that you, yourself get to pick. You get to say “yes” even if it's scary in the middle of the storm. If you are going to be brave enough(which I know you are) to say “yes to the choice” you must also have the courage to stick to your vision because it will be tested. That I can promise you myself. Now that I’ve entered the new chapter of a season of life it hasn’t been easy. I won't lie to you. It hasn’t been butterflies & rainbows. Probably because if it was, it wouldn’t be worth it. With every challenge comes a storm. You just have to know you will be tested. That you are stronger than what you think, because of you. Yourself knows the outcome you want. You don’t stop until you get there. The work has been & be will cut out for you, but how are you going to keep working towards what you want? I’m here to say that because you have a choice to say “yes” you have the steps to move you forward, you have a choice to use what you’ve been gifted. It’s a gift you’ve been given. Especially when it's something you want to go after. When others might be questioning you, or you yourself even might be. Know you are strong enough within yourself because you said “yes!” Nobody else did or did it for you, but YOU! You said it for yourself to set your goals & dreams out to whatever they are. Don’t care what others think. This is what you get to pick for yourself. When you might be having those hard days, or questioning yourself because you will have those. It's something that just comes along with it. Know that it is completely normal to have those bad days because that is what makes your YES even stronger. You’ve committed to yourself. You owe yourself everything! Always be proud of what you are going after! I’m proud of you for saying “YES” even when it's so scary & you aren’t sure of the outcome. Write YES on a mirror you see every day or even something you see that can remind you, of what you are going after. Some of the littlest words are yet so strongly. I'm so excited for you to move forward & keep one foot in front of the other. YES! YES! YES! Go say “YES!”