You are worthy of a meaningful life
"You are worthy of a meaningful life right here, where you are."
Right here, in this space, in this season, you are worthy. You are worthy of a beautiful, meaningful life despite your worries and fears.
So many things have yet to fall in place, but even then, there is grace. There is grace that reminds you: you are free to breathe deep, right here in your uncertainty. You are free to know that you are still worthy of experiencing a life filled with meaning.
So welcome to the human experience. Welcome to a life-long journey of highs, lows, and a million in-betweens, all filled with opportunities to courageously come alive. So much is unknown, but you do not have to put up walls here. You do not have to tell yourself that a meaningful life is for someone else.
It doesn’t matter how young or old you are.
It doesn’t matter how many times you failed.
You are worthy of living the kind of life that leaves you with a story to tell.
And often, it’s the suffering in your life that leaves you feeling like you could never experience Love or see Light again. It’s the years that broke your heart that made you feel like you could never have a new start. But may you always remember that it’s through the broken places that the Light gets in. It’s through the fault lines that you find that you are not just existing, but you are alive, you survived, and you still have the capacity for Love. All along, you were strong. All along, you were making it through what seemed impossible. And considering what you have lost, you have learned how to appreciate the little things. You have learned how to keep rising every day, even without knowing what will come your way. These are lessons that cannot be taught. These are the kind of things you learned just by living. This is proof that your life has meaning.
Even if you feel like you haven’t been through anything, or that the story of your struggle is not as intense as someone else’s, this does not discredit you or your journey. You still have a unique set of experiences that make up your story, and only you can tell it. Only you can own it. You are still free to accept this life as your own and have gratitude for your journey. Even if you feel like your story is simple, ordinary, or typical, you are still worthy of a meaningful life. Even here, there is someone across the world who would be genuinely intrigued by the stories you tell about your grandmother. They would be moved by the story of how you met your best friend. They would be captivated by your honesty about how you are learning to work through your greatest fear. No matter how ordinary or uninteresting you feel your life might be, your life is still filled with purpose and meaning.
You are free
to own your story
and you are free
to tell it, too.
You are free to notice
all of the seemingly insignificant ways
Light has continued to pour through.
You are worthy of a meaningful life, right here, where you are.
You are free to live and tell your story, in this season, as it is.
More tomorrow...
Sincerely,
Morgan Harper Nichols
