Beyond the expected…
Sometimes you must do the unexpected to find a new path to deeper feelings, meaning and purpose.
The path of expectation is always well lit with the intentions and aspirations of those who know you, love you and care for you. What they see in you and love in you, is the being you are required to always be. To stray from this path is to risk being judged for changing who you are, who you have been and who they have come to love and expect - “the good you”, “the successful you”, “the kind you”, “the considerate you”, “the beautiful you”.
Do you have enough desire, willingness and courage to follow a calling or dream you have always had, that attracts you to be even more than you are now (a new hobby, a college course(s), writing poetry, dance classes, volunteer work…)? Are you ready to try on a new perspective for you, that makes you happier? A new action that makes you feel more alive and less insecure?
Is your sense of self strong enough to endure the inevitable criticism and doubt that will comes from those who support you, as you begin to travel on a new course beyond their expectations and yours?
What you have been to date has proven itself to be most valuable in sustaining you and shaping your resilient and personal story. Is it time to take the next step? Are you ready to write the next chapter in your life saga, that is already more than you expected or imagined? Are you ready to celebrate and grow into what you have learned, who you have become and are in the process of becoming? Are you ready to sit into your skin and soul and enjoy the experience of being you?
The self expands but never grows up.
* The burden of self is the weight of a million feathers lifted one at a time, one moment at a time.