Peace.
As I sit here listening to the faint snoring of the dog and the rippling water in the fish tank a refreshing calm comes over me. I close my eyes and take deep breaths. I’m at peace in this moment, worry and chaos free.
I don’t know how many times I’ve tried to meditate or get into these moments and completely flopped. Getting to a place of quiet is something that has been very difficult for me, as an adult. I remember as a child I could do it easily and after those moments I was so calm I would produce the most creative writings or works of art. I had reached a place where I was one with myself and could trust in the expression of my thoughts and feelings. My imagination was on turbo. From short novels to poetry or model airplanes, cars, and ships, I was limitless and it was all due to having an uncluttered mind. Things were very clear to me and it was easy to take action; producing without all the voices giving me reasons why not to. I miss those days and realize how much of my true self I have lost in becoming an adult.
It makes me wonder how many of us have done just the same. Gotten so caught up in the daily life of being adults that we lost our innocence, resulting in losing ourselves. I love watching little children and hearing them talk because they’re fearless. What about becoming an adult equals become fearful? I loved writing and could do it easily as a child but now the words don’t come so readily. The child within says go for it but the adult within is critical. Once the words are written SHE critiques and changes things until the work fades into another dream deferred.
More recently my drive to write has been overwhelming but I still fight with SHE so my works are failed attempts. I decided that enough was enough. You only live once and should I write for likes or for the little girl within who’s dying to express herself? What is it that prevents us from allowing that child within to be creative? Why do we feel it’s almost taboo? Does being an adult mean that you have to live an inauthentic life? In my journey towards rediscovery here are some things that I found helpful and thought I would share with you.
What is our authentic self? My simplistic version is that person that you were designed to be, the one that’s free to live their true purpose and isn’t afraid to be themselves. According to this article by Dr. Phil, Defining Your Authentic Self, your authentic self is the you not defined by external things like your job, title, money but by who you are at your core. When you’re guided by who you were designed to be you’re guided by passion. That makes a huge difference in your ability to overcome fear. You move through life more carefree and un-relentless when it comes to your dreams and goals.
Figure out who you are. What drives you? What really brings you joy? Many times we lose ourselves because we become overly obsessed with ourselves. Yes this can be confusing. My thoughts are, in order to make changes you have to focus on yourself. But I’ve learned we have to take the ego out of it. The ego clouds our vision so our direction is off target. I love how Dr. Wayne Dyer puts it EGO = Edging God Out. In his blog, he talks about how our ego causes us to see an illusion of our true identity. This false image of ourselves makes it hard to focus on really getting to the core of what’s eating us, when we don’t have a clue as to who we are.
Live to Serve The World. When you take the focus off of you then you focus on what’s really important and that’s walking in your true purpose. I always say we were put here to make small ripples resulting in large waves. We have the ability to constantly make a positive impact on the world and in a society that’s overflowing with hatred, destruction and chaos, we need more love and compassion. In this video Jim Carey sums up being who are destined to be.
You can be the change you want to see in the world. You can be happy and live your best life. You can live your authentic life and be a positive light in a world that needs for you to shine brighter than you ever imagined possible.
You have two choices, love or fear. Love yourself enough to embrace the world. Because she needs you. I hope this post helped you understand how important you are. Please comment below.