Waiting To Exhale

We are all shaped by culture and experience, both within our generation and within our family dynamics. The "you are to be seen and not heard" generation is now a part of the elders, who are often viewed as the new misunderstanding generation. The generations of today have the desire to be seen be heard, without the desire to be monitored or controlled. Open to anything and everything without any screening from a generation that often feels it just doesn't understand... after all, the "elders" didn't have what they have now... the freedom.

Boundaries passed on from one generation to the next have a few things in common: experience, protection, lessons, warnings, and, more often than not, a loss. As we grow into the next generation, we lose a bit of who we are —the basis, the standards, the soul —while we gain the unknown. The fears from the past continue as we gain new fears in an effort to rid ourselves of the hurt and pain we may have experienced. Old hurt, generational curses, we carry them seeking to escape mentally, emotionally, and physically. It wears on us generation after generation, and we wait to exhale.

In an effort to become better and overcome the generational curses we believe we inherit, we often lose sight of who we are and who we are meant to be. Today's generation is moving fast, while the world has tapped into the emotional overload to which we are subjected. Political ploys, financial warfare, community injustice, and personal challenges have overwhelmed us, and through it all, we've forgotten who holds the power.

We're waiting to exhale, to breathe in slowly and expel the negative air we've taken in. We're breathing the stagnant air our past and present have created. We're carrying trauma and drama as we drag our all through what others have found is our weakness. We need to breathe, but how? Where do we get the new air, the renewed air, we need to be resuscitated? New air, fresh air, a cleansing of our minds, of our souls. A reconnection to our means of survival... They've taken all but our spirit... our stability is falling... mentally, physically, and emotionally, we've all been broken. Waiting to Exhale? Connect to your Spirit.