Becoming the Storm...

Author

Jenn Cordz
October 20, 2024

This resonated with me as so many women struggle with their inner demons trying to be “enough” for their relationships, for their kids, for their jobs, and consistently put themselves last. I’m not trying to imply men don’t have their struggles too; I can empathize and respect them, I just cannot speak to what those struggles are for a man.

The following was posted to a Facebook group I’m part of. There was no attribution to the original author; I take no credit for the words below:

She’s done looking back, questioning herself, and dwelling on her mistakes.

She’s rising like the dawn of a new day, brighter, stronger, and more powerful than she’s ever been.

All her life, she’s battled, struggled, and fought for everything she’s wanted.

She didn’t get the breaks and help to climb the mountains that she faced.

She’s more than a survivor, she’s a warrior queen with a fiery spirit and a strong heart.

No longer will she allow others to take advantage of her and she’s turning the page on a new chapter... today.

No more excuses, no more apologies.

This day has been a long time coming.

When she started fighting for her dreams and stopped settling for less than she deserves!

In love, in life, and in all the things that matter.

She’s casting aside the pain of her often broken heart and she’s using that anguish as fuel for her to rise stronger from the ashes.

Sure, she’s afraid and doesn’t have all the answers, but she knows she doesn’t have to..

She just has to get up, keep going and take each day and step one at a time.

Courage isn’t the absence of fear, but the knowledge that some things are more important..

Her happiness, her life, her self worth, her friends.

Those are worth any price and she’s going to battle for what she believes in.

She’s been beaten down, dragged through failure and broken more times than she can remember..

But those challenges never defined her..

They forged her will in the fires that tried to consume her.

The flames made her the warrior she is.

Her time is now and she’s rising.

She’s taking back her life and her voice will be heard with resounding passion and conviction.

This day is long overdue and she’s seizing it with both hands and standing in front of the storms that sought to bring her to her knees.

She’s stared adversity, disaster and failure in the eyes before...

But now, she’s not wavering any more.

She’s strong, she believes and she knows she will continue to rise.

She has but a single thought as she charges forth into the struggles and fires that once almost ruined her and convinced her that she couldn’t withstand the fury of life:

“Today, I become the storm...”