Do You Listen to Yourself?

Very recently, a close friend of mine would often ask me this.  Because as you all know, I talk…a lot…a lot a lot.  I would do as I do…and when you talk as much as I do, statistically speaking, at least one profound thing will come out of my mouth in any given few-hour period.  I would quickly come and go from that one statement and she would immediately stop me.  And she would ask…”Do you listen to yourself?”  And she would look at the look on my face and say again…”Do YOU listen to yourself?”

To this friend, if she is reading…I am now.

listenThose Dream Team posts…those were just as much written to myself as they were to any other single person out there.  These past two weeks, I am simply giving myself pep talks through my own posts.  I don’t know and I don’t care how that may or may not sound.  I am aspiring every day to follow the 4 Rules to a tee but I still fall short.  I have been falling short this past week, especially.  I know this is happening because I am about to open myself up to an entirely new level of … opinion.  And truth be told…I am once again scared shitless.  I do believe in every single thing I am doing, every single thing that I have done, and every single thing I plan to do.  I do believe it 100% to my core.  I know I am going to make this dream come true one way or another.  Yet…I am terrified.

So, again, I answer my friend’s voice in my head…yes, I am listening to myself.  I am reading my words.  I am seeing all the incredible beauty that has happened up until and including this point.  I am remembering that it is absolutely about the journey.  I am singing.  I am dancing.  I am jump-roping.  I am getting back to taking care of me.  I am feeling 100% gratitude for this new, incredible opportunity for all of our plans!  This is awesome news!

It is almost time to put away the words.  It is time to create beyond the words.  It is time to do so with some of the most amazing people in my life right now.  And it is time to SHOW the world what all of “this” is about.  Just show them, Alyson.  Just show them!!  Trust and show them.  You can do it.  It is just an idea.  It is just your take on all of this down here.  Listen to yourself.  Believe in yourself.  And trust…trust the leader…trust your heart.