I had this crazy thought the other day: “Who am I?”
Immediately after, everything I had read in the realm of spirituality came to mind. Words from Eckhart Tolle, Neale Donald Walsch, Leo Tolstoy then the words of my mother, things I had told clients, my friends and the like.
They were all really interesting responses but they were essentially bullshit. According to everyone else, I am a globule of energy, a daughter, a soul, helpful, beautiful, fat, too skinny, sickly looking, healthy, brave, lazy, selfish AND selfless… to name a few. I was confused. Who was right?
Instead of getting caught in the waves of conflicting beliefs and riding whichever one I picked for the day, I stopped. I pulled out and became an observer. I realized I have been trying to swim in the storm of loving intentions. How can I navigate through these well-meaning thoughts and words?
No wonder I’m confused. No wonder sometimes I don’t know if I’m coming or going. I have a difficult time making decisions, no kidding! No wonder I do things sometimes that I think will make me happy and I find that I’m not smiling as I do them. Those decisions are based on other people’s viewpoints, not my own.
The only way out of this stormy sea was to start from scratch.
I needed to let it all go.
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SELF LOVE Choose acts of kindness, not of servitude, for that places you in a position of insubordination or “less than.” Seek ways to enlighten yourself by overcoming fears and obstacles that keep you from moving upward. Focus your attention on ways you can move forward, leaving behind those persons, places and events that keep you bogged in the mire.
Acceptance is the antidote to judgment. Allowing is the antidote to control. Practicing both acceptance and allowing gives others the space to make decisions based on what is best for them and their unique path. It supports them in having authentic experiences for growth and self expression.
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