The World Needs You

It is easy to live if your life is little.
As if you are this small leaf that has landed in a big ocean and all it does is storm.
Stay.
Breathe.
It’s easy to question your agency, your power, your purpose, your gifts.
It’s easy to think small, live small, be small.
Stay.
Breathe.
Consider.
Consider seeing your self as vital.
Consider seeing your self as dynamic, an energy, a light that shines from the inside out.
What if you live light?
What if you live alert?
Alert to the dynamic energy inside.

Transcript

Okay there,

I'm glad to share this moment with you.

This moment where we can move away from the din and move toward our center.

Breathing in,

Breathing out.

It's easy to live as if your life is little,

As if you are a small leaf that has landed in a big ocean and all it does is storm.

Stay,

Breathe.

It's easy to question your agency,

Your power,

Your purpose.

It's easy to think small,

To live small,

To feel small.

Stay,

Breathe.

Consider.

Consider seeing yourself as vital.

Consider seeing yourself as dynamic,

An energy,

A light that shines from the inside inside out.

Consider your gifts.

Yes,

You have gifts.

Consider them.

Consider what you might do with them for yourself and the world.

What if you live light?

What if you live alert?

Alert to the dynamic energy inside.

Alert to the gifts you bring.

Alert to the gifts the world continually offers you.

What if you live alert to possibility?

Alert to wonder,

To delight?

What if you live in such a way that you feel how alive you are?

What if you put yourself out there into experiences that invite you to risk and grow and change,

Becoming even more dynamic,

More alive and vital?

Stay,

Breathe.

Consider.

Consider seeing yourself as okay right here,

Right now.

You are okay.

And then can you believe?

Believe you contain light.

Believe you contain power and energy.

Can you believe you have the gifts the world desperately needs?

Believe the world needs you to live fierce,

To live light and shine.

Reviews

Betsy you know I am a follower
In the past 8 weeks my best dog died, my husband became ill ,we both lost our jobs as I bc full time caregiver, I lost my car bc of no income and had to sell my house and then after a grueling horrific illness he died last week. And now I am moving to a completely unknown to me area. Please keep me In Your Prayers.

Such a boost!! Will keep this one in my pocket for moments of self-doubt. Thank you!

Betsy, (I finally spelled your name right, sorry !). You are so insightful and I love that you get right to the point! Thank you!

Betsy, thank you for the reminder. Selfcare, begins with the word, Self. Shine 💫

Such a powerful perspective to take on. Thank you for reminding us to focus on our gifts. ✌️🧘‍♂️🤘

For years alert meant “on alert” or “high alert” and became a semi-negative. I really like your use of the word - which is a normal use for it! I will make every effort to live alert as you described. Thank you for that. You are always on point.

I will 'shine ' brightly today!
Thx as always Betsy, for your encouraging words!

Thank you so much for sharing these words of encouragement, and your simple honesty, without sugarcoating or making promises that can’t be kept. Sometimes we feel small and helpless…but what if this life is something different? What if the world needs me? I have felt the despair of believing that I had no place in the world, that I had nothing of value to offer; why should I live at all, if that’s all there is? The decades since then have told me otherwise, and I’m glad to have persisted, but sometimes the road still feels lonely and long. Your message resonates with healing and with hope for when it’s most needed. Thank you again for that. ❤️❤️❤️

I got so many thoughts while listening to this. I always felt like I really had to no purpose in my life. I felt that if disappeared, no one would ever notice. One of my therapist said “You were a teacher for many years. That is your purpose “. You touched and taught so many young children. You taught them a lot of what they will do in their lives. She said, where would they be right now. Teachers have the reason people can do their lives. Teachers have the most important job in the world! Thanks for reminding me that I really do have a purpose.😊🌈

Really needed to hear this today, and many yesterdays.
I feel so small in my life, and I’ve been trying so hard how to find a way to break through.
Your talks are so helpful, and resonate with me so very much. Thank you💕