Keep Moving Forward

It's been a rough 7-10 days. And I've been questioning a lot. It's caused me to be stuck.

Fear and depression will do that to you.

I wrote in my journal on Saturday night, 

What am I supposed to do in this moment?

It just sat there in my journal, an open question.

I did my devotion and still it sat there.

I laid awake in bed, that question looming over me.

I woke up Sunday and my daughter asked me for waffles so I got up, made breakfast and started church.

Admittedly I was not fully tuned in at first. As I ate my pancakes and sipped my coffee I posted gift guides to my LTK shop; I created some pins on Pinterest; I window shopped on Fashionphile and Magnolia. Anything to distract my mind.

Then my pastor started speaking directly to that question, "what am I supposed to be doing in this moment?".

My heart, was like how did you know I needed to hear this today?

And then it seemed like everything after that reinforced what my pastor said. The music I was listening to, my Instagram feed, it was unreal. As the day went on the need to journal to answer that question filled me.

So by now I'm sure your ask, what was the answer?

This Martin Luther King, Jr. quote summed it up perfectly and the title of the post gives it away.

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." – Martin Luther King Jr.

I didn't realize that what I need to do in this moment that is hard, that is scary, that is painful, that feels like just another boulder added to the already heavy load I've been carrying the last 3 months is to keep doing what I've already been doing. 

Moving forward.

I've kept getting up and taking my kids to school and going to work. I got up on Sunday and made breakfast and went to church and watched football and did laundry 🧺 and made dinner.

When I reflect on it, if this had been old me I wouldn't have made it to church on time. I would have slept through it. I wouldn't have done my devotion. I wouldn't have journaled. I would have truly got stuck and stopped.

My fabulous fashionista no matter what is going on in your life today. Even if you have to do it in tears, in pain, with a limp, crawling, walking, running or flying keep moving forward in your life. Keep doing the best you know how. Keep doing the next best thing.

Moving forward does mean you always know the destination. Sometimes you learn that along the way. The only way you don't get anywhere, the only way you get stuck where you are is if you stop.

Even if you can't see the end you have to do whatever it takes to keep moving forward. 

Living your life is the greatest tool of protest you have.

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