my sweetie pie^
At first glance, you might have thought withallourhearts.com sounded more like a born again christian denomination or something of the sort. It's actually just me: Maddie. I'm 23, born and raised in Utah, but find my heart calling me all sorts of places. I enjoy traveling (who doesn't?), listening to people's stories, learning how to use my camera, and watching Grey's Anatomy. On a more related note, writing is therapy to me, and at the same time it helps me find my place in the universe. I have always been inspired by stories, and keeping track of my own seems to add purpose to it all.
This isn't a typical lifestyle blog. One thing I've learned about life is that different things feed different souls. I'm not an expert at fashion, design, sewing, making cute prints and selling them on Etsy, or anything of the sort. However, I love following people who enjoy those things as any type of creativity is inspiring to me.
While I don't consider myself to be an expert on anything, I do find fulfillment in posting about life from my point of view. My personal journey toward authenticity has led me to places I never thought I would be, but somehow seem to be more than just a random occurrence of events. As they say, suffering introduces you to yourself and reminds you that you're not the person you thought you were. The pain i've experienced in my life, especially losing my baby boy and getting divorced, have been the catalyst to that journey.
Somehow, when my son's life ended, mine began. The pain and heartache I experienced gradually opened up my mind and heart to what it means to be human, to love and be loved, to find meaning in the most miniscule parts of life, and what it means to work toward our higher selves. I've started to wonder if maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything, as it learning who you were before you were told to be anything else.
On that journey, it's easy to settle for things that would be considered mediocre. However, I believe when it comes to the big decisions in our lives, our careers, relationships, hobbies, and overall life mission, if the answer isn't a "hell yes" it's a no. Life is too short not to give something your all, and to me, the real meaning of being "hard-core" especially in this day and age is being able to give all of your heart to something, and then owning it.
Learning to do things with all our hearts is the whole purpose we are here. As humans it's easy to unconsciously go about life not paying a lot of attention to it. However, when we don't pay attention, we miss out on the chance to find real meaning in even just the day to day moments.
My blog is dedicated to finding meaning in this journey of being human and everything beautiful and difficult that comes along with that. Our human journey is a short one, and can end at any moment. Since we are here anyway, why not dedicate our whole heart to living it in the most authentic way we know how?
To me, that's real freedom.