Hello LIT family. My name is Takeisha Gilbert. I am young (in my opinion), spiritual, a mother, a businesswoman, a student, a friend, a failure, and a success.
I have been debating for a while about starting a blog and I decided that it was necessary that I jumped in with both feet and do it. Believe it or not, I love to journal but I haven’t been as faithful to it as I should be and I need to do better with creating more time for myself in that area of my life.
Why do this?
The name of this site is LIT for so many reasons. The first is because most people are trying to find that thing or person that gives them that spark of warmth to make their life more meaningful or exciting. Yes, I fall into that category (sometimes) but it also represents me Living In Transition.
Unfortunately, when we think of transition the first thing that comes to mind is death. Death is not always a terrible thing. I say that because new things can rise from the ashes of the lost, dead, dried up, and withered away. There is so much discovery in our pain, whether we are looking at self or others. You have a place of measurement that comes with a sense of humility in our pain that is not present sometimes when we are in the presence of what we deem our own greatness. In the past 3 years, I have experienced so many transitions that I am sure would break others.
AM I WONDERWOMAN?
Yes, I am. I wonder often what kind of woman I am becoming and is she someone I can look at in the mirror and be proud of. Is she who God made her to be? Is she becoming in her PURPOSE? I wonder…. then I stop and see what HE has gotten me through once again and how I have not lost my mind. Yeah, the tears have come many nights AND days. No perfect person here. But as I share my journey, my story, my testimony I pray that you can learn to find joy in your transitions.
The blogs to follow will give you more than a glimpse into what I have gone through recently and how my love of traveling has helped with my many transitions. This blog, my story, and experiences will give you tips on traveling alone and the beauty of Dating Yourself. You will see pieces of me that I normally keep hidden, not from shame but to grow and understand myself. The other piece to that is everyone is not meant to go with you on your journey but that does not mean that they can’t learn from you, empathize, and grow from it either.