Reading back at several of my previous posts, I realized that I sounded more like a version of myself rather than my whole self. It was like I had amplified parts of myself and excluded other parts. Yeah...I don't want to do that. I want to find out more about who I am, who I want to be, and project that out into the world. When I look at the past ten years, I realize that the times when things seemed to "fall into place" were those times when I was being the most authentic. But like when you are a kid and finally master a task, only to screw it up when you holler at your mom to have her come watch...I think that once I realized that the Universe had cast its gaze on me I have always immediately tripped over myself and face planted on the sidewalk.
That seems to be my relationship with the Universe...I am the nerdy little sister that talks too much, tries to hard to impress, worries too much about what people think, won't let anyone have a moment's peace, and runs away crying when the Universe lashes out demanding some breathing room.
Time to try something new...embrace my inner geek, laugh at inappropriate times, act and react with spontaneous abandon, kick off my shoes and feel the cold ground under my feet as the warm spring sun shines on my face. I have hidden away too long.
7 comments:
HALLELUJAH.
Your words just made me cry ... again! You have an amazing gift to do that.
You don't have to try hard to impress. You just have to be your very own, ordinary, extraordinary self.
XOXOX
You are so very generous to me. I am humbled!
You are an incredible writer. I just came across your blog after what Edenland posted that you had said. I am intrigued by your blog and find that you are on a similar path to self-discovery as myself. My blog's central theme is about trauma I went through and my journey to find myself in the six years since(http://mytaleoftriumphandsurvival.blogspot.com/).
I am going to start reading backwards through your entires and be a continuous follower!
I look forward to reading through your blog, and I am so glad you are joining me in my journey!
I stumbled on over after reading your extraordinary email on Edenland and wow, you've hit me between the eyes for a second time.
"...especially when those expectations aren't really coming from someone else, but rather are things you shackle yourself with based on what you THINK they want."
This is so true. I have to fight to just be myself every step of the way, so ingrained is the need to please others.
tinsenpup: thank you so much for taking the time to comment. It means so much to me to know that I am not on this journey alone. It is true we are so conditioned to try to make others happy, that often we do it at the expense of ourselves.
(((HUGS))) YES!!! being more authentically *you*, and loving her despite her flaws, is just the only way.... best of luck m'dear... i'll be right there with you, too :)
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