I choose love before reaction and light before fear.
Today, I am being guided to soften my heart by letting things go and choosing not to respond. Love, for me, looks like restraint, compassion, and trusting that I don’t need to defend myself. I am learning that I do not have to react to everything placed in front of me.
I am being invited to pause in all things and allow love to lead instead of old emotion or defense. People are free to believe whatever they want about me, and I no longer feel the need to feed into it. When I choose peace over habit, I experience less stress and more clarity.
What feels heavy right now comes from recent family events, but I recognize that it simply is what it is. I am inviting light into this space by accepting what I cannot change and releasing the burden of carrying it alone.
The boundary I am honoring today is distance—not as rejection, but as an act of love and protection for my peace. I can honor my heart without closing it by choosing space instead of conflict.
Love and light continue to show up in countless ways—too many to name. God has been reminding me again and again, through signs both small and steady, that I am not alone and never have been.
Love and light to all… and so it is.
— Rev. Angela Joy July