Being healthy was my home & it was time to be it, unconditionally.

For a long time, I felt disconnected from people and the world, so I ran off into the wilderness to pursue a self-sustainable lifestyle.

From the east coast to the west coast, I searched for a connection with nature, hoping to fill my emptiness.

Finding clues in the dirt, moss, and running streams, but still missing the big picture.

Like a #tree uprooted and placed in a pot, I sat for years, feeling foreign in my own skin.

When will my #roots take hold in a place I can call home?

Then finally, it happened, like a #seed sitting dormant just waiting for the right conditions to #sprout and reach for the sun, my life began to breathe.

Those right conditions came as a blessing in disguise, and my new #world sprouted from the compost of built-up-toxicity I was afraid to acknowledge within myself.

The disconnect I felt from people, and the world reflected how disconnected I was from myself.

There was no one to blame and nowhere to hide as I experienced the truth of who I was. In those moments, is where #unconditional love held me and showed me I deserve better.

Being healthy was my home, and if I believed that was true, it was time to be it, unconditionally.

I wrote this quote 5 years ago today, and it speaks volumes for me rn. Maybe you can feel it too?

"We hide behind our scars in fear of the light shining too brightly and that we'll no longer be hidden beneath our past."