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Slowly Fading Away

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To the beautiful soul who has lost their spark.

To the soul whose get up and go, has went and truly gone.

This is for you.

This is to remind you, that you don’t have to be everything to everyone, every day.

You didn’t sign up for that.

Remember when you used to laugh, sing and throw caution to the wind?

Remember when you used to forgive yourself more quickly for not always being perfect.

You can get that back again.

You really can.

And that doesn’t have to mean letting people down, or walking away.

It just means being kinder to you, feeling brave enough to say, ‘no’ sometimes.

Being brave enough to stop and rest.

It starts the moment you realize that you’re not quite who you used to be.

Some of that is good and some of that is not.

There are parts of you that need to be brought back.

And if anyone in your life is not okay with that…they are not your people. Your people will be glad to see that spark starting to light up again.

So, if you have been slowly fading away my darling, this is the time to start saying ‘yes’ to things that bring you joy and ‘no’ to things that don’t.

Now is the time to stop slowly fading away.

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12 responses to “Slowly Fading Away”

  1. PatNewMex Avatar
    PatNewMex

    thank you, Barb. I feel as if I am walking through molasses these days. I rushed home to see my mother. She left this world a week ago today. I feel like I cannot wake up or get anything accomplished. I know my energy will return. It feels surreal right now.

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    1. Barb Avatar
      Barb

      It saddens me to hear this, lovely. I sent you an email and much love. 💖

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  2. agingwithgrace104771094 Avatar
    agingwithgrace104771094

    Beautifully written and so true! Sometimes losing ourselves happens gradually, until one day we wake up and realize that person we once knew is gone. ❤️

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    1. Barb Avatar
      Barb

      Thank you, lovely, but I cannot take full credit. The author is listed as unknown, but I did change some of the wording to keep the plagiarism police at bay. 😂 I came across it filed away on my computer and recalled that this is where I was 10 years ago. I’m so grateful to be in the here and now. 💖

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  3. still a dreamer Avatar
    still a dreamer

    Well, whoever wrote that is, of course, correct. Finding our people, loving our people, letting go of those who are no longer meant to be with us — all a big help. But loving ourselves, or learning to, is where it’s at. :-)

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  4. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    Beautiful and thank you.

    I actually thought you were quiet blogging-wise. It wasn’t until I was looking through my subscription list not so long ago, that I seen you are active. So I am playing catch up.

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    1. Barb Avatar
      Barb

      Aw….thank you Liz and my pleasure. That was one of those posts that you just feel like someone needs to hear it. This is some divine timing to see you in my comments because I was trying to find your blog last night to reconnect. I took a break for a couple of months and stopped blogging here, but now I can catch up reading your posts too! 💜

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      1. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        I knew you had stopped blogging for so long. But until I looked directly at your blog today, I didn’t know you were posting again until today.
        I hope you enjoyed your blogging break. 😊

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      2. Barb Avatar
        Barb

        Yeah, I think the happiness engineers caused some unhappiness again. I was following your blog, but instead of having ‘followers’ we have ‘subscribers’ with all kinds of settings. Your new blog wasn’t listed, so I subscribed today. It was a nice break, but only the beginning of what all I quit doing. I pretty much scraped my plate clean to find what’s meaningful. Blogging is the only thing that returned to my plate and I’m digging all of the empty space for possibilities. 💙

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      3. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        Hopefully future posts I will see on the reader, when they air. Because I did not see them before, that I have commented on or liked on today.

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      4. Barb Avatar
        Barb

        Don’t even get me started about Reader. 😂 Half of the people I follow don’t show up there. 🤔

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      5. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        Hopefully I am not missing others. I don’t think I am from randomly checking.

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