Rachel Marie Martin

Sometimes you don’t need someone to pat you on the back – you instead need someone to look you in the eyes and tell you that they believe in you but that you need to pull up your boot straps and fight.

Sometimes you don’t need someone to say “I’m praying for you” – you instead need someone to show up at your door with cleaning products in hand and walk in and help you out or bring you dinner or hold your hand during the hard things.

Sometimes you don’t need to hear that it’s just a season that you’re in right now – you instead need someone to love you where you are and to help you out of overwhelm and to believe in you when you doubt yourself.

Sometimes you need more comments about “seeing the good” in the moment – you instead need someone to tell you “this is not right” and to be there with you as you change your future.

Sometimes you don’t need cliche answers or a smile and wave – you instead need a friend.

The friend who sticks her neck out for you, that puts herself on the line, that shows up no matter what.

Sometimes doing the hard thing is the right thing.

So with that.I believe in you. I believe that you are worth fighting for you.

I believe that you have to stop believing the “excuses” and “passes” that allow you to stay stuck. I believe that in the midst of life and the crazy that you can find time for you.

Why?

Because you are worth it.

Did you hear that?

You are worth it.

And maybe you don’t hear that much in life so let me be the one to tell you how much you matter and how much your fight matters and how much your heart matters. Don’t quit on your dreams, don’t doubt your capabilities, don’t give yourself an excuse. You have now, today, my friend.

So pull up your bootstraps, look in the mirror, love you for you, and walk into the rest of your day with a bravery that is undeniable.

~Rachel

and ps….if you are the someone who does the hard things – thank you.

Be a friend who gives back. A friend who understands boundaries. A friend who gives.

Be a friend who decides hours of the day aren’t as important as being there when needed. Be a friend who listens. A friend who forgives.

Be a friend who cares about the details. A friend who remembers. A friend who tries.

Be a friend who loves deeply. Who gets that sometimes time will pass and there isn’t much connection and yet the friendship still matters. A friend who is willing to be there.

Be a friend who lets go of the petty. A friend who believes in dreams and cheers on. A friend who sees the goal.

Be a friend who fixes crowns.
Be a friend who wipes tears
Be a friend who gives hugs.
Be a friend who shares hearts.
Be a friend who stands in the gap.
Be a friend who sees.

Be a friend who is a friend you need.

Sometimes we spend so much time looking that we forget the giving.

Friends are priceless.

And chances are, when you love and give and show up, even in the imperfection, you are that to another soul.

It matters.

Your friendships matter.

Be a friend today.

-Rachel

ps….today, take a moment and think about those friends in your life. And then, let them know just how priceless they have been to you and your story.