A letter to myself to honour the past maker and releasing her

I've usually already hit the ground running by May, months are mapped out on the printed calendars, market dates applied, bills notified and events booked in, however this year has been all over the place and I just cannot seem to stick with it. What am I feeling? What is actually going on? Who am I? Ok, this last question hit the spot. Did I notice that this year has changed? That I've chosen a different path for myself? After a few signs coming in that I needed to see, the last; a message from a friend, I knew I had to follow this 'flow'. 

I decided to write a letter to myself. What I found was a part of me was actually grieving. Grieving for the familiar me, the comfortable me, the one me that I had grown to be over the past seven years. You see I've changed over the last few months, and all my previous years of 'mapping out' my business wasn't for this year. I needed new habits, new direction and a different belief that I could make this next journey in my business. What happened while writing the letter was truly rewarding. Emotions were allowed to be expressed and yes, I cried some tears, happy tears and the Good-bye type of tears. Now a new version of me is in the making..

Dear Sonya,

    I wanted to write to you to let you know that the past seven years of working your business has been absolutely amazing! You are still here and every year you kept believing in yourself, tenfold. You pushed through each and every day and what's even more heroic is that you did four years of being at the markets each and every weekend and the last two and a half years every fortnight. You've heard so many others over the years say that they couldn't do that, couldn't have done what you did. And what you did was put the hard yards in to establish yourself in the market, in the industry and showed all that crossed your path; your personality, your kindness, your generosity and your smile and happiness. Your Sunshine! You stayed true to yourself, to Copper and it's energies, had faith in the material and allowed many many others to fall in love with it too. You stayed to what you believed in and held quality and the finer details high in value.

All of those years, the experience and the pushing aside the norm of life and looking after yourself has set you up for what's to come. You now are an Artisan Copper Jeweller and your purpose of making jewellery more meaningful and allowing many others to connect with a piece that allows them to make life grand, to get through the tough days, to smile, to remember, to believe, to inspire; is what fills your heart and spills over. You are now paving the new road Sonya and you should be so proud of yourself! 🧡

Here's to the next seven years of life, of being a creative and seeing those beautiful ripples continue into the most awe inspiring waves throughout the world.

Lastly, Thank You! I'll repeat that, Thank You. For all you do for yourself and for others, and being a sunshine you believe in every single day.

love you like the flowers love the sun.

Sonya Flower xx

P.S Good-bye and Hello