Simplicity is a superpower
We often say that something is simple but powerful. And in many ways this is a misnomer. Things are often powerful because they are simple.
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You’re ready when you aren’t
Ready is nebulous. It’s a sliding scale. There’s no upper limit to readiness, and there’s no lower limit either.
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The masculine and the feminine
We often isolate ourselves when we’re hurt. We close ourselves around our suffering, shut the door to the world, and to largely to ourselves, and hide. We don’t allow ourselves to be vulnerable around our issues, because we’re ashamed of whatever we’re going through.
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Trust is granted
Our presumption that people are innocent until proven otherwise rests on the belief that people are inherently good rather than bad. We have chosen to trust that life is good rather than evil, that people are kind rather than vicious, generous rather than stingy. But when it comes to trust, we say that trust is
The centre of the universe
To make ourselves the centre of our world is one of the most humble things we could do.
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True intimacy
To see within is the most beautiful gift we can give ourselves. To not just look, but to truly see. To be with ourselves and honour our reality and who we are in this very moment.
The fear of how we’re perceived
The fear of how we’re perceived by others is a form of victim mentality, on three distinct levels.
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Why are we so afraid of our emotions?
When reason says that we should take control of our emotions, it’s not reason speaking, it’s fear masquerading as reason. Reason doesn’t want to get rid of emotions, emotion wants to get rid of emotions.
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Putting others’ needs first
When we tell ourselves that someone else’s needs come first, we’re pretending to be generous and selfless, when in fact we’re being anything but. Deciding that it’s up to us to say whose needs come first is to put our own needs first, and to pretend we aren’t. When we leave the common choice with
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Profound acceptance
Underneath the questions we ask of ourselves about ourselves is a request for permission. A permission to be who we are, with all we are and all we aren’t; with all we’ve ever been and haven’t; with all we’ll ever be. A permission to feel shame without shaming. To feel blame without blaming ourselves for
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