"You never have to stop reminding yourself how to live".
What a liberating, yet scary thing to think about.
We hear about it all the time, Life is a practice.
We don't suddenly reach a stage where we can stop practising the art of life. No-one in the entire world is not practising something.
Even if someone looks like they have it all figured out, they are still practising, they're overcoming all sorts of inner turmoil.
I am beginning to learn that I have a tendency to fall into periods of self-doubt and low self-worth. I try to catch it before it leads me down a path of self-sabotage. But, sometimes it gets me. I find myself withdrawing and stopping the things I love. This just allows the low feelings to grow. I become so caught up in my head and my thoughts. I feel like a failure.
However, with daily practice, daily reminders, we can begin to move through the pain. We can start to recognise our emotions, our habits and our behaviours. We can let go of things that are holding us back and move towards embracing who we are.
If we can understand our self, we can begin to understand others on a whole new level. It allows us to love fully, with compassion and empathy.
We are multifaceted beings. We are not one thing. We are many things. Sometimes we are our best self, we show up in the world exactly who feel we want to be. Some days we sway off that.
It is practice and that practice is a beautiful mess sometimes and that is OK. Wow, I needed to hear this today and everyday.
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