True words. I walk down the street, sit in a café or just driving along the road and I am always thinking about the amazing lives of the people I see behind the faces.
How well do you know yourself? Better yet, how well do you trust yourself? I believe there is always a hidden story within us wanting to be released. I am always considering that I need to wake myself up at time; wake up the part of me that truly has something to say, something to offer. Who is hiding within you that needs to escape? Honor your wisdom today.
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Finding peace.
Isn't that really what we are all doing on a daily basis? If it is not the next best yoga class, it is a sure-fire fix-it meditation we found online. We as a society are always looking outside of ourselves from our peace to our wellbeing. Somewhere along the way in our ever changing fast paced world, we forgot how to trust ourselves and go within. Everywhere we look around us, we are told how we should be living our life. We are told how our bodies should look at our age. We are told how to keep our skin looking younger than we actually are. What happened to us? Why is it so hard to see life as it is? Why is it so hard to stop and say, 'I love my life today, in this moment, as it is!' ? We can walk down that road until the day we die of trying to mold our lives into what we think it should be. But, I promise you, if you live life in that fantasy you are going to miss out on the countless gifts in front of you as you are today. How can you throw away any and all expectation that you have put on yourself and embrace the moment today? What is one step you can take today, that appreciates the gift you are in this very moment? Life is so much shorter than you can even imagine. Don't waste your time on fake friendships, false happiness and paths that only lead you towards a darker existence.. Live in the light. I spoke to this a bit yesterday in Unravelling Forgiveness. We often go straight to ourselves and our faults when someone doesn't respond to us the way we would like them to. We automatically assume we did something wrong, rather than consider it is their issue. A person's behavior often speaks volumes if you are listening. Take a moment, a step back and listen. Do not be so quick to take on all of the responsibility of a situation before you know the whole story. Start trusting yourself. You will be amazed how it can turn around your entire situation and path.
Unravelling Forgiveness
I don’t know a person who walks on this earth that hasn’t had to sit with forgiveness at some point in their lives. It does not come easy, period. Forgiveness is different for each individual for the wound is different. Only you can walk in the footsteps of the forgiveness that you are facing. You can reflect, ask for advice, talk about the wound with others; yet at the end of the day it is up to you to meet forgiveness in a place that is comfortable for you. I had to come to terms with the fact that I am powerless over other people's choices and actions. Read that again. We are powerless over others choices and actions. I had wanted to understand the wound, reason the behavior away and find an answer to the incessant ‘why’ that just wasn’t going to ever be there for me. In time I had to come to my own personal realization that I can allow their actions to infect my life and the journey that I am walking; allowing their dismissiveness and arrogance to wound me repeatedly by staying in that anger or resentment, holding and cradling that which was not mine to hold. Or I could embrace personal empowerment by forgiving, letting go and walking forward in what I know to be true for me. I had to meet the honest humility within myself. That has been hard for me, but truly the healthiest thing I could ever do for my healing journey. When we hold on to resentment, we are only hurting ourselves. When people harm us or do things that are not acceptable, and the list is often long; it is never really about us. It’s about them and their own woundedness that they are working through. We find forgiveness so as to not take on their pain and darkness that they have not processed and which shows itself in hurting others, knowingly and unknowingly at times. I have had to find forgiveness for many different situations in my life, some more traumatic than others. It will always be a journey that begins with bringing to the core an indescribable pain that one must first sit with in order to open up our deepest self to an enlightened healing, allowing awareness to envelop the process and in the full circle of transformation carries a welcome peace. I admit there are some wounds I have brought to forgiveness only to realize in the process that I had to come back to the story my pain told and dig out of what were heavy and complicated feelings more than once. I now see how returning to forgiveness often for past and present wounds is a good thing. We are given the gift of self-awareness that allows us to live a more humble and fulfilling life. Our stories teach us daily. I am beginning to believe that there is never an end point. I have learned more from healing than I ever believed possible when I am not afraid to return to those wounds, the lessons, and the healing process. The important piece for me is to not stay in the darkness that can consume our breath and leave us lifeless. We must continually look for the streams of light shining through at the most unexpected times to teach us over and over that it is possible. Though it is important to point out that just because we have found forgiveness, we do not have to put ourselves back into a situation or presence that is still harmful. We can move on. I think some situations of forgiveness warrant working through the pain and moving forward with those who hurt you, while other situations are definitely not a place to stay planted in. Each person must work out that journey for themselves and the situations that find them. What story do you need to heal from? What story have you repeated to yourself over and over that you need to retell in a new light? Do not let empathy impede on your self-respect and rob people of experiencing the consequences of their actions, but allow yourself the human act of forgiving for you and you alone. Have you ever stopped to consider for a moment that you are the miracle? We are a world that is always looking for answers around us and to the side of us. Why are we not looking within? When we go within, we find the stories, answers and wisdom that has been there patiently waiting to be acknowledged for as long as you have walked this earth. Why are you so quick to ask for answers from everyone and everything before yourself? Pause, breathe, and remember the miracle has always been on the inside waiting for you. You have the tools to take on this amazing life, just say yes!
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