Leap off the Shelf and Soar in Singlehood
When the tears ran dry I crossed my fingers and took a running leap off the empty shelf I’d been left on.
Best choice.
Before this I’d been living blinkered and couldn’t yet see my larger, lighter and brighter life.
Leaping didn’t see me plummet, it enabled me to soar.
Now I'm flying by the seat of my pants on my solo adventure led by heart and soul.
Independence and autonomy feel much more fabulous when you step up and own it.
Courage carries me through turbulence and tough times. Here I only become more brave.
Selfish is my priceless perk, so I savour.
I love this adventure.
Gratitude runs deep for extensive time to explore mind, body, soul and lifts me up in fleeting moments of lonely.
Self enquiry is my partner for now.
I wonder if someone had loved me in the way I longed for so much on that shelf, whether I would have learned to really love myself.
Maybe. Probably... at some point.
But in this story I’m the knight who showed up just in time and when romance rolls around I will remain the heroine.
I am my own single superhero and I feel badass about this every day.
Sarah Jane Martins (call me SJ!)
Founder of Soulfully Single.
I help other single women flip the script to start soulfully thriving, instead of uncomfortably surviving. It's a movement, come join us!