chase your sparks

 Lately I was asked why I started my blog. To be honest, I had to go back to read my first blogpost in which I described my intention of writing. And still, I love the thought of inspiring somebody, but if I wouldn’t do it for myself, I wouldn’t have written more than a hundred posts. If it wouldn’t spark something inside of me, the fire would have gone out a long time ago. 

Lighting up your fire shouldn’t be hard. Of course, it needs some courage, it needs a step out of your comfort zone into your “zone of growth”. It needs some effort to keep the fire burning, you need to chase the sparks, but you will see them, find them, catch them. 

Just see it like the raindrops falling from the sky. If you only want to catch the very first drop, the “special one”, it’s nearly impossible to do so. But if you widen your view, if you give yourself the chances to catch any raindrop, you will have plenty of chances and eventually dance in the rain. 

I mean; your sparks are all around you, your fire will burn brighter inside of you than the one around you. If you let it. 

 

«You deserve to be put first” sings Rhys Lewis in one of his songs. That’s something that hit me quite hard. Do we put ourselves first and do we let go of people who we can’t put first anymore? And do we also let go of people who will never put us first? People who will always make us an option and not a priority?

I mean we are always gonna make priorities. And it’s like a tango between me and the people around me. It’s about taking some time for the loved ones around you, but also take the time for yourself. Because if you’re always living in the outside, it will be quite hard to keep the fire inside of you alive. 

 

Chase your sparks.

Catch and embrace them. 

Count your blessings. 

Nothing less. 

 

With all my love, Julia

 

PS: We are all struggling, and our lives shake us thoroughly from time to time. And I have to tell myself every time, that it’s not about to make everything perfectly, but to make it through those time. It’s not about how much help you needed, it’s about moving on, even though it’s hard. It’s about changing and developing, even though it was so comfortable where you were staying. Keep going, it’s worth it.