This scene describes where I was 10 years ago. I was in the pit of anxiety and depression feeling bare within. At the time I wasn’t sure I was ever going to get out of the pit.

Yet in that raw season, with the help of the love of my family, a therapist, meds, and a walk back to faith, I recognized that I had always been following other people’s paths in life and had never actually tried to find my own.

It was in this trying season 10 years ago I made the commitment to myself to start seeking my path in life and stop following other people’s.

I share this with you today in case you too find yourself following other people’s paths, and/or the trends of culture around you, yet feel bare within.

I invite you to join me to...

pause. breathe. pray.

May we recognize that, like these trees, there is something within us waiting to grow. May we stop following other people’s path and start following our own. May we nourish ourselves from the inside out with knowledge, wisdom and courage so we may follow the path God has for each of us so we may grow into the person we were made to be. And may we encourage others to do the same.💕🙏💕

With love and hope,
Shawn

“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”- Psalm 119:105