• Home
  • About
  • Work with Me
    • 1:1 Coaching: Internal Compass
  • Speaker Events
  • SoulSpeak
  • Blog
  • Contact

The Grass Isn’t Greener On The Other Side

April 7, 2018Jessica Leigh LyonsDesire, Letting go, Presence, Showing Up, Soulful Sundays

“I’ll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don’t choose. We’ll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that didn’t carry us. There’s nothing to do but salute it from the shore.”

― Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Hello, dear one. It can be tempting to see the sister life and to crave it. Do not get caught up in the life that you are not living. Do not waste these precious moments mourning for the life you did not choose. Do not get stuck at the shores because you’re not on that one ship. There are few true mistakes in life, because mostly, there are divine growth opportunities. Perhaps you are at a crossroads, stressing one path or the next, afraid of missing out on the sister life ghost ship. Leo Buscaglia says that, “there are many paths, we must choose the path with the most heart.” Align as much as you can with what you know to be true. Stay as much as you can with what feels right and congruent with your right next step. Listen to yourself. Tune into your body. And be gentle with your present self. Do not berate her for the road your past self walked given the tools and intel she had at the time. Salute the sister life– the partner, house, career that you did not choose– and come solidly back to this moment with these loved ones and this body. This is yours now.

To being here in this life,
JESS

 

These Soulful Sunday blogs go out weekly on Sundays to be used as a place to step back from the hustle and bustle and explore what your soul might be saying to you. Some folks use these as journal prompts and let loose amidst pages. Some folks bring them to the kitchen table and jam over coffee. Do you, boo.

Tags: showing up, soulful sundays
Jessica Leigh Lyons
Previous post Soulful Sunday: Emergent Strategy Next post Soulful Sunday: Seek Aliveness

Related Articles

Soulful Sunday: Body Living

December 2, 2017Jessica Leigh Lyons

Soulful Sunday: Here With You

February 24, 2018Jessica Leigh Lyons

Soulful Sunday: Personhood

July 15, 2017Jessica Leigh Lyons

Get the Free 5 Day Course

 

Want to get blog delights + special announcements? Sign up below!

Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription.

There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again.

Recent Posts

  • Soulful Sunday: Let The ‘Unfinished’ in Your Life Be The Most Beautiful November 24, 2018
  • Soulful Sunday: I Love Marveling With + At You November 17, 2018
  • Soulful Sunday: Honor Your Day With New Markers of Mattering November 10, 2018
  • Soulful Sunday: Tell Your Mind To Listen To Your Life, Not Dictate It   November 3, 2018
  • Soulful Sunday: Grieve The Transition, Make Room For New Gifts     October 27, 2018

Let’s connect, I like Togetherness.

About Jessica Leigh

Jessica Leigh Lyons brings a tender + fierce style to coaching. Her clients have been known to go on to start a biz, open their arms to a new love life, and take big leaps to new locations with new jobs. She is also a facilitator, a writer and a gatherer, creating safe spaces and community to explore life and love more deeply.
HomeAboutWork with MeSpeaker EventsSoulSpeakBlogContact
© 2017 Jessica Leigh Coaching. All rights reserved.