Permission to Move Forward

Real quick… before I get out of the car and walk into class I just had a thought!

This is my first time being back in “class” since 2023, when I was in nursing school. Back then, every day I sat all the way in the back of the classroom. I would look around at everyone in front of me and quietly judge. She doesn’t have kids……. They don’t have a job….. I used it as proof! proof that it was harder for me, proof that I was already behind.

And today… here I am.

My hair is half taken down….. literally incomplete from these braids I’ve been wearing. Nothing about me feels perfectly put together. But instead of hiding in the back, I’m sitting in the front of the classroom today !!!

Last night, I felt prompted… so clearly to do that. To move forward. To take up space again. To sit where I used to love sitting. The front. The place where I raised my hand. The place where I engaged. The place where I believed I belonged.

And I’m just… in awe.

Aware of how much has changed.

Aware of how much healing has happened.

Aware that growth doesn’t always look polished.

It looks like showing up differently than before. It looks like choosing presence over comparison.

Today, I’m not sitting in the back making excuses.

Today, I’m sitting in the front grateful, humbled, and full.

If you’re reading this and you’ve been sitting in the back… physically, emotionally, or spiritually.. this is your reminder that you’re allowed to move forward.

You don’t have to wait until everything looks perfect. You don’t have to compare your journey to anyone else’s.

Sometimes obedience looks as simple as changing seats!!!!

So today, ask yourself: Where have I been hiding when I was meant to be seen?

And when you’re ready…. move!!!!