Just say Yes!

I came to her with a heavy heart, we prayed, then she asked me what I wanted and I said clarity. I wanted clarity about what steps I should take in my life. On November 15, 2017, I wrote the following list in my journal:

Three months of salary in a saving account.

700 credit scores maintained.

A flat stomach.

Good health (mental, physical emotional, and spiritual).

Attend the Katherine Dunham Dance Conference.

To be honest about my feelings.

To have a published paper.

To become a professor of African Diasporic dance.

To Travel to Ghana or Mali to study dance.

To be a good model for my daughter.

To be a good romantic partner.

I’m not quite sure what prompted me to write the list that night, but I read it once and moved on. In June of 2019, I flipped back to that the page and was shocked at how much of the list I accomplished, especially since I hadn’t read the list since the day I wrote it. I learned a lot from that journal entry and one of those things is that clarity is a gift that we give to ourselves and it starts by saying yes. I offer my experience for those doing so much for others and not getting what they need and I encourage you to say yes to yourself.

Journaling is a therapeutic process for me, and often I write the things down to get them out of my system but never go back to read it. Recently, my daughter asked if she could have my collection of journals when I get older, and so I’ve started the practice of flipping through them every now and then. This practice of flipping through helped me to realize that some things were cyclic in nature, and places where I broke a cycle. My November 15, entry was an example of breaking a cycle. When I wrote that list I said yes to my hopes and dreams and began the journey of valuing my needs and desires. Somewhere during my lived experience as a mother and wife, I told myself that everyone else’s dreams came first. I’d lived those years in a scarcity mindset believing there wasn’t enough for me…time…space…money or whatever. I am not a religious person but I am a spiritual person that believes everything happens for a reason. I had to remind myself that I have a purpose that included my personal happiness. Making that list allowed me to say yes to myself and shift to an abundance mindset. This abundant universe has enough space and resources for me to not only exist but to experience all that I wanted.

In 2019, when I reread that journal entry I’d just finished my first year as an Assistant Professor of Global Dance, was a registered participant in 2019 Katherine Dunham Symposium, and planning my next visit to Africa. Master Sri Arkashana would probably say this was an example of his “Set and Forget It” method for manifesting, and I can see that. I can also see that some of us might have to write those dreams/goals on a mirror or somewhere else we look often. But either way, I say that clarity is a gift that we give ourselves and it begins with saying yes to ourselves

In the word of Phyllis George: Saying yes to yourself opens up opportunities that can take you anywhere

How will you say yes to yourself?

What clarity will you offer yourself?

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💛Mya

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