When Change Feels Scary

My life lately has felt quite similar to that of this spring weather we have been getting the past couple months here in the Pacific Northwest. Days full of beautiful sunshine & vibrant color, while others are filled with big dark, grey rain clouds. I seem to be standing on the precipice of another major life change and new chapter of my life and with that has come the most unexpected roller coaster of emotions: excitement, joy & pure delight, while also feeling absolutely terrified, uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed with disappointment and the deep sadness that comes with the saying goodbye to this most recent chapter of my life.

No one can ever prepare you for the twists and turns this life offers us, and no one can ever prepare you for the uncertainty that comes with making all these never ending decisions that effect our lives, but what I have come to learn this past year and half is that if something feels scary, and maybe even a bit impossible but seems like the right next step, then it is always better to take that leap of faith and enter into the unknown. While I am often still terrified by the unknown and it is still so hard to let go of my need for control & knowing what will happen, she has proven time and time again that there is so much good on the other side, if you can muster the courage to take those steps forward. YOU are so much more capable than you think and so much stronger than you realize. I have been able to do things I never thought I would ever be able to on my own this past year and while it is so easy to fall into a headspace of self-doubt and unbelief in what I am capable of, I choose to remind myself of all things I have overcome & all the ways I have proven to myself that I am more than capable of taking a big leap of faith into this next chapter of life.

Maybe you too are in a season of life where the unknown is calling you, where big risks and a leap of faith seems to be what’s next in your life but your standing on the edge held back by fear, uncertainty and self-doubt… take minute to look back to all the ways you have already proven to yourself that you are more than capable of taking this next step, no matter how scary it might feel. You can do this, and so can I. Life was never meant to be easy, it’s in these very moments where life is meant to be lived.

I want to share a poem I came across recently that has been encouraging me in this moment in my life and I hope it might encourage & inspire you too.

Sending love & light to you!
Randi 🤎

If you'd like to send something:
Randi Reed
PO Box 23325
Tigard, OR 97281

Music:
Changements by Lo Mimieux
Threads by Ever So Blue
Smell of Morning Coffee by Franz Gordon
Ending Theme by Forrest Reed

*All music is from epidemicsound.com

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