Building a Nest

"Success doesn't come to you...you go to it." -Marva Collins

One of the most terrifying - yes, terrifying - things about leaving my marriage was the understanding that I would be completely on my own. I have very close friends and a supportive family. However, they all have their own "nests" to tend to. By nest, I mean all the goings-on of life. You know, the finances, grocery shopping, dream-building, spirituality, visions, etc. It took me working through a few failed flying lessons to get over the idea that I would not have another nest to fly to once I left my marriage. Hah! That I had the audacity to believe that there would be a mass-produced Wal-Mart nest just waiting to receive me!

I learned that I have to build my own nest. I can't hire a designer, find a man, or get my mom to swoop in and piece together my life. If I don't build my nest, it'll never get built, or worse it won't fit me. Who else can be invested in me like I can? I believe that one has to go into him or herself in order to offer authenticity to self and others. God's will is that I live MY life...that I employ His gifts to their fullest. So, Emily's Nest is starting to come together. It's not perfect, but it's mine. It may resemble something more of an RV than ancient Buddhist temple, but that's ok. With truth and authenticity, there is also permanence.