TODAY'S WORDS OF ENLIGHTENMENT; It Takes A Lot Of Heart To Be Who You Are.

TODAY’S WORDS OF ENLIGHTENMENT; It Takes A Lot Of Heart To Be Who You Are.

You are a field of contradictions, a constellation of experiences both painful and gorgeous,
And all of the lingering hurts and shining possibilities that glisten in-between.
You might want to define yourself by the most knowable parts, the cleanest and clearest self-concept imaginable,
But the journey of true self-actualization is to embrace your juxtapositions.
It is to hold them up to one another and understand that it is not always comfortable to consider the aspects of ourselves;
- that complement and contradict each other,
- the pieces that don’t fit,
- that don’t make sense
But coming to grips with them is how you become the fullest version of yourself.
It’s how you set your entire life free.
It takes a lot of courage to show your truest self to the world
And be okay with not being received by everyone, with not being seen.
It takes a lot of self-trust to stop adapting to tides that come and go,
But to stand firmly in who you know you are.
It takes a lot, and it matters a lot,
Because our self-concept is the foundation of every single experience you have while alive.
It is the filter through which you come to know it all.
When you are firm within your truth, you may lose some approval, but what will you gain?
That is immeasurable. Infinite.
That is what it has always been about.