Before my accident, I kept saying the same thing to myself: I want to be in the best shape of my life when I turn 60. I meant it. I was hiking, walking, going to the gym. I was building strength in my body and imagining a future where I kept getting stronger, not weaker. Then the accident happened. I was still 59. I turned 60 in a hospital bed. I lost a leg. I fractured my other leg in multiple places. I broke ribs. I had vertebrae injuries. My body went into heart and kidney failure. Pain became constant, not occasional. Everything I thought I was building… was suddenly gone. And for a long time, I couldn’t understand something: If I was focusing on health, strength, and vitality… how did I end up here? I used to think maybe I did something wrong. Maybe I thought wrong. Maybe I “manifested” the wrong thing. But I’m starting to see something different now. Life isn’t a formula where good thoughts guarantee safe outcomes. Bodies exist in a world where accidents happen, s...
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My New Agreement With Myself
By Jean Marshall
I no longer need to be perfect to be powerful.
I no longer need to be healed to be helpful.
I no longer need to know everything to move forward.
I honor the path I’m on — not as something broken to fix,
but as something sacred to walk.
I am a work of art in progress —
Messy, radiant, raw, and real.
And that is enough.
I release the belief that I must earn my worth.
I am worthy because I exist.
I am enough, even on the days I forget it.
From now on, I choose gentle progress over pressure.
I choose presence over perfection.
I choose trust over self-criticism.
I make peace with where I am
while holding a vision for where I’m going.
And I move forward — with grace, with grit, and with God.
I promise to return to love when fear gets loud.
To return to faith when doubt creeps in.
To return to truth when the lies try to steal my light.
This is my agreement:
To keep showing up for myself.
To speak kindly to my spirit.
To let healing unfold in divine timing.
Because I am not behind.
I am not broken.
I am becoming.
And I am already enough.
Amen.
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