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is important in your life, allowing you to
acknowledge, honor, and celebrate it!
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Give Yourself Permission to
Prioritize What is Important to You
Once your become reconnected to what is
important to you, give yourself permission
to prioritize it in your life. If time with your
family is important, put your cellphone
down when you are with them and be fully
present. If making the world a better place
is important, volunteer at a food bank, reach
out to an isolated friend or family member,
and/or spread kindness and compassion
every where you go. Whatever you identify
as important, prioritize time in your day for
those activities by putting it on your calendar.
In these times of uncertainty, choose to be
intentional with your time and make nurturing
choices in alignment to what you hold dear.
As Brene Brown reminds us, “Authenticity is
a collection of choices that we have to make
every day. It’s about the choice to show up
and be real. The choice to be honest. The
choice to let our true selves be seen.”
I would also include that it is the choice to
prioritize what is truly important in our lives
and cultivate the courage to do so. If this
pandemic has taught us anything, it is that
life is short and can change in a moment.
Live your most authentic and beautiful life
grounded in what is important to you.
May you give yourself permission to
reconnect with what is important to you
as you nurture peace in the world from
the inside out!
In these times of
uncertainty, choose
to be intentional with
your time and make
nurturing choices in
alignment to what
you hold dear.
Sending you so much peace, love
and gratitude,
Kelley
Kelley Grimes, MSW - Kelley is a counselor,
speaker, internationally bestselling author,
Aspire Magazine expert columnist, and
self-nurturing expert. She is passionate
about empowering overwhelmed and
exhausted individuals to live with more
peace, joy and meaning through the practice of self-nurturing.
Kelley also provides professional and leadership
development to organizations dedicated
to making the world a better place. She is
married to an artist, has two empowered
daughters, and loves singing with a small women’s group. Learn
more at www.CultivatingPeaceandJoy.com and download your free
Self-Nurturing Mobile App
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