Dear Hopeful,
Perhaps this season brings you relief. It’s been a long year, a tiring year. A year that’s asked so much of you, and may have felt like it offered little in return for all your sacrifices and heartache.
Or maybe you are hoping that this isn’t goodbye. These last few months may have offered you a time to rest and find inspiration again. You don’t want to lose what you have here, yet it feels like life is slipping through your fingers.
This may be goodbye to a season of life, a relationship, or something tangible that’s either held you back or given you courage. Regardless of whether or not you want to say goodbye, stepping away from something familiar is difficult.
Give yourself grace.
Grace for the unexpected tears.
Grace for the laughter when it doesn’t feel appropriate.
Grace for the stumbles and mistakes.
Grace for when you don’t even know how to feel anymore.
You are not weak for needing time to process. Working through your feelings is the only way to find peace and move forward.
Goodbyes are inevitable, but so are new beginnings. Allow yourself to be excited for the future, no matter what unknowns lie ahead.
No matter what, don’t give up hoping. Life will get better, even if “better” simply means finding peace and being grateful even through hardships.
You are loved. ❤
Sincerely,
Hannah
The Will to Wake Up 