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So Spring Up


We are ushering in Spring and with it comes a great opportunity to clean up your home, your mind, your soul, your spirit and do some Spring cleaning all round. I was talking to two friends about the season I’m in and how I felt there were certain things happening on the physiological level and on the spiritual level. I then felt I should share these with all of you as they might help someone understand what role they can play in enjoying even the valley season of their life, or maybe let’s call it the cleanup season.

Unclipping your wings
I’ve found myself saying, “No more” often this year. Contrary to what most people in my position, as an entrepreneur and as a freelancer would do, I am expected to say yes to everything out of desperation and need. I said no because I felt it’s time I agreed with what works best for me. It was time I said no to the things I no longer felt were working, knowing that what was meant for me would come. I said no in church, no to my family, no to friends. I said no to business. I said no to my frivolous spending.

I decided to notice everything that wasn’t working well so that I could improve or cut it off. Which led me to say to my two friends, “time to unclip wings”. To be released. So that one can soar. For me, I am yet to figure out where to fly to. However, I am at the point where I am unclipping and I feel I am close to my breakthrough.

Know the enemy
So there were these memes going around that were saying something along the lines of: ‘It’s not that you have haters, it’s just that we are busy, we don’t have time. So also get busy.’ As I read this I realised that we have perpetuated having said “haters” just as well as we enjoyed the euphoria of likes on Social Media. Some of us have taken a step back and shut down the motivational speakers and realised that there is no noise. We get to see that some people were just correcting us and others were truly there to harm us. Here is the key, they all served their purpose. Learn to know the difference between a person who is truly correcting you without trying to prove a point and a person who is harming you.

Trust God, trust the process and surrender
Most of us crumble at the thought of a challenge. We name and shame, we post on Social Media, we make everyone aware but we don’t make God aware. We don’t stop to pause, to catch our breath and tell God how we feel.  I used to do it. At times I still do. However, I am learning to get into the car, drive home and tell God what it is that is making me mad and then take it from there. Trusting God is hard if we are going to be for real. Not knowing what to do next in the midst of a hard place is hard. The process at times is unclear. But surrender. When you surrender there is a light that is shed on your situation that you wouldn’t have seen because you were in a state of panic and not a state of pause, being stayed.


I hope you find a flow or a way of drawing some form of strength and sanity from these steps and find clarity. I for one, know that in this year alone, most things have been falling away and I know that the reason for that will become apparent in the future. My future. I know that labor never feels great and the birthing process is the most painful part however without that pain you will miss out on appreciating and receiving a full understanding of the complete experience, your new season. Stay Blessed and thank you for your love and your light. 
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