Tag: Hopeful

Poetry

Am I ready

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To walk down the path to fall

And all its colorful leaves and welcome in the sight of beautiful change.

To feel the little chill of an autumn day blow through me.

A cold morning and then a warm afternoon

Then it all fades back to a chill night all around.

And I wonder if fall will ever stop amazing me.

The colors seem brighter each year.

Even though my fall walk this year will be different, I hope to take it as changing the leaves is my favorite sight to see.

As I snap photos after photo of the trees showing off their red, yellow, or a mix of both.

The colorful leaves on the ground you step on as you look all around, taking it in like a child again, and the excitement is still there as you smile again.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2025 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

I am me

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A little bit more broken

Sad, but over time, I

Will heal and like

Kintsugi the cuts

From my wounded heart

Will be sealed up with gold and

What was once broken will be repaired. A piece of art, full of beauty and alive within me.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2025 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Oh how

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It was easy to create so freely as a child.

Now, so many emotions and things get in the way that art becomes complex.

Making it easier to come up with excuses like why you don’t have the time or I’m too tired to get the supplies out to create.

And so the canva sits empty and uninspired waiting for you to get up and create an imperfect piece of art.

To lose yourself as your fingers go this way and that way, creating something abstract but still art.

To listen to the very thing calling you to create, and you taking the time to do it.

Creating art for you sometimes feels like taking a breath and genuinely allowing yourself to be alive, free, and in your most authentic form.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2025 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

To finally

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Hide outside and blend into the trees and bushes as the wind blows softly that day.

Oh, how I have missed these sweet moments with nature.

It’s like spring is here and I am home again wrapped in a warm embrace.

It fills me with joy and excitement that every day can feel this great, and even if it doesn’t, I can hold on to this memory and return to it on rainy days.

Oh, how lucky I am to see another spring day!

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2025 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Happy New Year

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The hope for a new experience and joy

The anticipation of something great happening.

Finally, I won’t be standing in my way because this year is all about taking a leap of faith and trusting it’s gonna work out.

Because I believe in myself and I want a lot to happen this year.

So Heres to working hard and playing hard and trusting myself and taking the time to rest because self-care matters too.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2025 By Deirdre Stokes

My thoughts

Happy nine years

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To me blogging on wordpress

What an journey it has been.

I started this blog at 26 and am now 35 years old. I have gone from being just a lady wanting to find a place to write.

I am committed to making this place my writing home, a place to write and own my talent, confident that I am showing myself.

I have gone from writing almost every day to posting positive quotes every day and slowly getting back to writing.

From blogger to published author to becoming an Empowering writing coach for women.

To try to make time to write and do art and feel so much alive for this year, I have leaned on faith and found new ways to look at the world around me.

I see the beauty and feel the breeze and cold air skipping at me, and I embrace what more years I have left to write and share on this blog.

I’ve grown so much as a writer, and I am truly grateful for all who have been here from the start and helped me become a better writer. I hope I can keep going strong for many years more.

Also, welcome to all the newcomers to my blog. I hope to bring some new poetry soon and keep up the positive quotes as well.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

My thoughts

As November

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Arrives and October goes

And I become a year older

And I reflect on how much October gave me back my hope.

Creativity has been quite a battle for me this year, and it’s been rough, as art and writing are like breathing, joy, and just feeling alive.

With fall arriving, the colors of the leaves change and brighten up nature. Everything is so pretty, and it makes you pause to appreciate just how lucky it is to be alive and to breathe in fresh air.

Witness the cold and hot, with the weather not quite sure what it wants to be.

To take a real vacation to Paris with my sisters, of all places, and appreciate art, culture, and history all in one visit has made me feel blessed and renewed.

It’s been a while since I’ve gone on a trip, let alone out of the country. But I felt the love and saw the beauty and kindness that we seem to see and hear less of these days.

I felt the joy and excitement of a little kid seeing something great for the first time.

It was like something woke up inside of me, and now I can’t wait to see what the rest of this year has in store for me and what next year will bring me.

But for now, I’ll live for today, November 2nd, and I hope for more beauty and joy to light me up again.

On the top of the Arc

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

My thoughts

It’s been

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Awhile since I’ve written anything about my coaching.

I’ve been overthinking, resting, and learning the ends and out of being a coach.

But if I feel fear, stress, and time have kept me barely present.

But I’ve also been doing self-care things for myself and just enjoying my free time, too.

So I started last year wanting to be a confidence coach and still add writing in it.

And even as I mentioned to close friends they all said what about your writing and are you going to help others with that.

It is true. I love writing and expressing myself through it, and I found that writing helped me find my voice and understand myself.

So, I have to admit that calling myself a confident coach isn’t my title. Still, an emotionally empowering writing coach is, as it hits, everything I want to help women with, and confidence will still play a part in your confidence growing as you become who you’re meant to be.

I’m here to help my clients express themselves through their words, break down their limited beliefs, and discover who they want to be.

Communication is essential in all parts of our lives, especially with relationships and work environments, self-care, and setting boundaries in our lives.

I want the women I help to find their voice and be solid and unshakable because they know it matters and be their authentic selves.

I know this is long, but if you made it to the end, thanks, and I hope you have a blessed Thursday!

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

My thoughts

This is

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How it goes struggle then victory

And then thanks to God.

At least that’s how it went today as I went live in my confidence coaching Facebook group today.

I did a 15-minute live about unleashing your inner confidence; it was my first one. Boy, was I nervous before, but when I hit live, I just talked as people can in and out of the live stream, but for the most part, it was just me.

And it’s funny how even talking to the camera by myself still made me nervous, and once it was over, I was relieved, but I went back to watch it and the volume was a little low, and the connection on Facebook was not great.

But God got me through it, and maybe the next time I go live, it will be better, and I will have more women in my group helping and supporting each other as they gain their confidence in themselves.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Oh how

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I wish I could be laughing

Like her today

So carefree and happy

As she moves to the beat of the music

The colors are so lively, like her, the very spirit of women with a live purpose.

To be deep in her culture and the joy of moving to the beat of life and joy so much that you are so full of happiness you can’t but share it.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

confidence coaching tips/opinions, Poetry

As the feeling

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Of self-doubt and uncertainty wash over me, I fear the unknown.

Like the raging wind outside, I feel all the confidence and faith of being ready in time ripped out of me.

And I want to give up and throw in the towel as the fear of being in the spotlight overpowers me.

Then God wrapped his arms around me, and I felt peace again, and hope soared through me.

And I remember what my life coach said: self-doubt is the devil, and I feel it is trying to discourage me from becoming a better me.

But also, I’m not becoming a coach for me but to help others because that’s all I’ve done and love to do.

So, as I sit here confident that I can do this and know how it feels to lack confident in myself and my voice and it suckes.

But I also know how beautiful it is to have confidence in myself and my voice and how it feels to have something to say and say it.

I want to help women be confident and find their voice because doing something different is scary on your own, but doing it with someone else feels unstoppable and alive.

For the walls that come down and the ear that listens will care, and in that moment of change, maybe you too will hear your calling or at least feel that hiding isn’t something you need to do anymore.

So I hope you all have a blessed night and I know whatever happens on March 8th with me coaching someone or not, it’s not the end, but I hope that I won’t lose faith but hold strong because my journey maybe bumpy and first I know it will smooth it’s self out eventually.🙏🏽❤️🙌🏽

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

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Today is February

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First the first day of black history month!

So today, I’m kicking off with what Confidence means to me, as it will be one of the things I focus on helping women find themselves.

To me, confidence is knowing your worth and being yourself. And seeing that you are the value you are looking for when trying to validate your self-confidence.

I used to think I would be more confident if I lost weight and others saw me for me.

But I realized when I saw and felt worthy of being myself that I was being heard when I was being my authentic self.

I not only saw the beauty in me but in others, and I started to see the world in a new light.

But being confident doesn’t mean self-doubt goes away. It just means I know who I am, and I accept myself, and even if someone looks at me mean or funny, I know there isn’t something wrong with me.

I hope you enjoyed this short post, and know I will be posting different topics three days a week.

Also, the first day of my posting about my exciting launch in March.

This week, since today is day one on a Thursday, I will post tomorrow and Sunday mornings after my morning quote. And then the following weeks will be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

I hope you all have a blessed day!

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

The year of 2023

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You showed up initially with so much hope to get things done. And I’m not going to lie; you were making some great moves and meeting deadlines, and the results were good, even with last-minute fixes.

You presented a great book.

But then you burned out, trying to do something new and uncomfortable and overwhelming that you were stuck and down for far too long.

And so you thought there was no hope or light at the end of the tunnel. And right when you were about to give up a familiar face showed you grace and offered you help and support, and like a new, energized Bunny, you were off to get things done, and wow, did you get them done.

And then you showed your wins, and another hand came out and helped you up to the next stage of your journey. You shot off like a rocket, and even in the rough turbines, you did your task and made your deadlines again.

Ultimately, the year was not all your vision, but success was there as you crossed the finish line in 2023.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

My thoughts

I can’t believe

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Yesterday was eight years of blogging on word press.

Oh, how I’ve grown over the last couple of years.

The first year was full of all the words I needed to get out to be free from past wounds.

And the last seven have been years of finding my words and being more open.

This celebration, to me, is still having the desire to write and share my work, which has been life-changing.

I can’t wait to see what the little bit left of this year has in store for me and what next year will bring.

I am blessed to have my blog and everyone who follows me, which inspires me to continue to write and share my life. To many more years of writing and enjoying others’ posts! 🙂❤️

Poetry

I see you

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I hear you

Because you are me

And I’m ready to show you

I’m not backing down as

This journey is getting quite interesting

I’m moving along like a snail sometimes, but I won’t stop until I finish.

I was made for this task, and even though sometimes signing up for the mission is hard, I won’t give up no matter what.

I know you will see me and hear me from now on. I’m not afraid of the unknown, for one step at a time will get me there, where I know I will fight and shine in the light that is me.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes