I have some surprising news to share.
You may not believe what I am about to tell you and I am totally OK with that. I don’t think I believed a word of it myself for a very, very (read: very) long time. Read it anyway. Then consider revisiting this post in a few days or weeks and rereading it. Stay curious and open to the possibility that something within you may shift.
Some “surprising” news:
You, here and now, are enough. You are more than enough. Irregardless of any struggles, financial insecurities, social status, [insert whatever it is you’ve been bumming about here] You. Are. Enough. Sit with that. Marinate on it. Breathe it in. Own it.
As soon as you start believing #1, you will almost instantaneously feel a sense of freedom. When you let go of what and who you think you should be and what you should be doing, you will begin the journey toward becoming you.
Full disclosure: this shit is not always easy, but it is possible, even probable. What you will need for this journey:
The desire to shift your perspective. Trust, both in yourself and the process. Love, above and beyond all else, love.
There aren’t too many things I can tell you that you don’t already know, or haven’t already heard. But maybe today your ears and your heart are open. Perhaps this invitation to look upon yourself in a new light arrived at the most opportune of times.
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”
Since this quote has often been attributed to several different sources, for the sake of this post, we will operate under the assumption that it was first stated by one who was quite wise. Shift, change, growth, transformation, metamorphosis—call it what you please—is not possible simply because you want, wish, desire it. It is only possible when you are ready for it. Some of us wait until we’ve been taken down to our knees, till the ground below feels so unsteady that we fear we may fall right through, till we no longer recognize our own reflection, till we feel desperate and alone. Very, very alone. Some more surprising news: I was one of those people. Yep: I was one of those people.
Anything, lovely human, anything is possible. Including you. The question is: Are you ready?