Inspiring Letter to Myself

Dear Sarah Faith, I know that it was hard, but I always knew that you could do it. You put your life back on the right track to continue on its journey. In the midst of being a single mother, a single active duty military mother stationed overseas at, arguably, one of the most difficult bases in the Air Force, you found the strength to seek self-improvement and forsake your self-crippling habits and thought patterns. And you are more confident, more courageous, more determined, and more ambitious than ever before! You are more than ready to tackle your fall semester classes that start this month as a full-time student again. I KNOW that you will do well because you are more focused than ever! So focused that you have also completed your first novel in 15 years! Additionally, you have finally brainstormed a big chunk of your blog and you are ready to launch its associated Facebook page and Twitter. Wow! So next to writer, you can add blogger and social media personality to your resume! I am also proud of the fact that you have decided to regularly seek counseling through the AF&C, even after Mental Health pretty much failed you, because you realize that quality therapy is a very important component of self-care. You are not afraid to seek [more] help when you know that you need it. Also, I am very proud of how you continued to seek mentorship for your personal and your future career goals via Rosetta Thurman, Jesse Krieger’s seminars and pieces on how to become a best-selling author, and many others. Again, you are not afraid of looking for help and guidance, which is really a sign of strength! Your relationship with God has also strengthened as you take attending church, praying, and reading your bible regularly seriously again. And because you chose to reconnect with God and trust Him with all of your anxieties, your frustrations, and your insecurities, you are at so much ease and peace! I know that work, the source of most of these problems, is difficult for you on so many levels, but God has given you the drive to want to do your best regardless. And that is exactly what you are doing—your absolute best on the job! You continue to push through the politics to learn and to grow rather than allow the politics to push you to defeat. Good job, Sarah! Continue to keep God ahead of it all and He will continue to see you through. God has given you greater peace and positivity that shows at work and beyond. It shows at church. It shows in how you take better care of yourself—like in dressing better, keeping up your hair, allowing your eyelashes to grow back to better flaunt your big, deep brown eyes, and in always smiling like you really want to! And it shows in your beautifully toned body that you enjoy working out every week! Doesn’t it feel good to genuinely feel good on the inside? Peace and positivity beats bitterness and resentment. You have managed to release all of the negativity. And most importantly, you have forgiven yourself for all of your mistakes. And you have forgiven and forgotten Warren, your son’s father. How have you moved on from him? You no longer Facebook stalk him! Now all of this makes room for loving others who deserve it more deeply, like your own family and the friends who do care for you. And no one else is allowed to make you feel badly anymore because you don’t permit it. You don’t permit it by setting boundaries for what people can and cannot do to you. You have set boundaries at work and with the people who ask you prying questions. No one else can make you feel bad anymore because you have grown wise enough to not even let them try! Sarah, again, I am so very proud of you and all of the changes that you have undergone. Now you no longer have a reason to look back—look back at old friends who are no longer here, old memories that make you miss certain parts of the past. You no longer care to feel sorry for yourself anymore because you are a single mother. Just look at your life now and all of its progress. It’s surely a cause to celebrate how high your life will continue to escalate…