A Butterfly's Flight: Discovering Clarity and Growth in Atlanta

Ever found tranquility in the flight of a butterfly or clarity in the chaos of family? Join me, Marilyn, on a soulful journey of healing, personal growth, and life-changing decisions. I'll take you with me on a recent trip to Atlanta, where a purple butterfly's flight and a Jeep Wrangler opened the door to spiritual reminders and instinct-led decisions. I'll share how I found reassurance in nature’s signs, and how canceling my cherished We2 event became a poignant reminder to prioritize my wellbeing.

In the hustle and bustle of life, it’s easy to forget moments of gratitude, the joy in simple things, like having all your children under one roof. We'll take a moment of silence together, to appreciate what we have, and to start our healing journey. And just like I did, you'll find that appreciating chaos can fill you with immense gratitude. So, do join me on this journey of self-reflection, gratitude, and growth. Share the episode with someone who needs it, and don't forget to subscribe. Let's connect, reflect, and grow together!

Chapters

• 0:00 Finding Healing and Clarity in Atlanta
• 7:09 Gratitude and the Importance of Reflection

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

everyone and welcome back to. This Is Me. I am Marilyn podcast and I know it's been a while, but I have been on my healing journey as of late. I was recently in Atlanta a couple weeks ago and, as you know, Atlanta is always a place for reset for me. I lived there for about three years and after I had made the decision to cancel my We2 brunch event which was very difficult for me because I really wanted to host it but so much thing, so many things have just been happening, like the people are peopleing, things have just had, have just felt like so out of alignment that I just needed a moment for myself to just reset and just step away from New York. I had stated recently like New York tends to create this fast paced environment, so much so that you don't you get to a point where you don't even know what you're running from, and the South just always calms me. So it was just a great place for me to just go and reset and gather my thoughts and reevaluate.

Speaker 1: 1:23

So when I first landed in Atlanta alright, so let me tell you what happened I am like trying to save. I will admit I am not the best at saving money and that is just what I'm focused on now. So I'm like, alright, I'm going to rent a car, but I'm going to pick the mystery car. So, mystery car, you just don't know what you're getting. So when I get to you know the rental desk, she's like, oh, you're gonna get a to a pickup. And I'm like, oh, I'm thinking it's like you know one of those like rinky, whatever, like real, real country, two door pickups. But it turned out to be the Jeep Wrangler pickup trucks which I am obsessed with. It just set off my weekend. I took off the top and I just let, like the wind and the hottest hot Lanta sun hit my face. It was just perfect.

Speaker 1: 2:19

So anyways, my sister and I, we drove about an hour and a half outside of the city, Because if you know Atlanta, you know Stone Mountain is like a staple. But I've done it so many times. She's like Stone Mountain is played out like let's just go somewhere else. And we did. We drove an hour and a half outside of the city and it was just amazing. It was like this little trail it's about a mile and a half and it has a few waterfalls that you're not able to get to. But my sister was on a mission to get wet in the waterfall, but anyways, the point is that when I got to the waterfall, when I got to the top and I took and I went to take out my phone to go take a picture a small little butterfly was just like circling me, circling me and at first I thought it was a bug. I'm like what is this? And I'm looking at the meaning of a butterfly and it's in a small little butterfly, circles me and it got to the point where I landed on my phone and it just stood there for a few seconds and I had to look up what the meaning of a purple butterfly meant.

Speaker 1: 3:29

And the point of the story is is, as of late, I've been on my healing journey, on my reevaluation in my shedding season, and you all know like I've had a very difficult last year, a couple years rather and I am at a place where I'm just so comfortable with all of the decisions that I've made for myself in my life. I am curating the life that I wanna live for myself and what was happening as of late is like the closest people to me were guilting me for making the decisions that served me and it was just a reminder to me like this is my life. It may not have been the path that somebody else have made, wanted for me or would have liked to have chosen for me, but it's not their life to live. So when I got to the top of the waterfall butterfly purple butterfly meaning it was a purple butterfly. And let me just read to you what the meaning of a purple butterfly is.

Speaker 1: 4:48

A purple butterfly represents that change, along with the inner strength and grace you'll need to achieve the transformation. Hold on, no, that's not the one that I wanted to read. It was like the spiritual one. One moment, please. Okay. So a purple butterfly can signify transformation, comfort, hope, rebirth. The color purple itself can represent power, spirituality and enlightenment. So God is always giving us signs. Whenever you're doubting yourself, whenever you're not sure if the path that you're choosing for yourself is the right one, just ask and you shall receive.

Speaker 1: 5:38

I am so transparent about my story and all that I have gone through because I want to be that person wherein you're able to turn to and be like man Marilyn came from so much. But I'm telling you, guys, if you just leave faith and fear, do not go hand in hand and if you leave all of your worries to God and if you ask him everything that you want, everything that you want, everything that you manifest, everything that you envision for yourself, it will happen. So for me, it was the biggest decision, Biggest decision. I did not want to cancel my week two event but, as I expressed in my video, if you guys follow me on social media it's on YouTube and Instagram and on TikTok I am such a realist and I'm not a fake person and I just do not give fake energy out there, and the last thing I was going to do was host an empowerment event. I'm all about energy, I'm all about positive vibes and I'm just not going to put that negative energy out there.

Speaker 1: 6:45

Because I needed a moment to reflect on myself and ask myself what is happening. What's happening God? God will have his way of making you sit down in order for you to be quiet. That way you're able to hear him, and that is what's been happening to me as of late and I just feel amazing. There's so much clarity.

Speaker 1: 7:09

I had a wonderful day with the kids yesterday and excuse me when I say wonderful, it was wonderful because I had all four kids under one roof. It doesn't happen so often. You know, Brendan's on his has his own life. Kate and the teenager and Roman Reign, obviously so. It was wonderful to have all the children, but if you go to my YouTube you'll see how chaotic it was.

Speaker 1: 7:34

But my moment of silence these days is just a reflection on how blessed I am and how fortunate I am that I was able to birth these four beautiful creatures, and every day that I wake up is just always gratitude, gratitude, gratitude. So if you find yourself where you just don't know where you're headed, where you just don't know what's next in your life, just take a moment of silence, sit back and look at what you have already. Gratitude, appreciation will always, always continue to reward you with things that you least expect. So that is just my message today. If you need a moment to yourself to find your healing journey, do whatever it is that fulfills you, because we only have one life to live. Thank you, as always. Make sure you like subscribe, and if you feel like this podcast can help someone, I encourage you to share it with others. And, as always, I will talk to you soon.