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Friday Flow 3/26/21
On Trusting Yourself To Walk Into The Storm
“We don’t see things as they are — we see them as we are.” Anaïs Nin
Words I wrote in my journal this morning as I work through some resistance I am facing in reference to becoming a first-time author. I am on the last big edits of my book, and it is reminding me to lean into everything I am feeling, including the noise and clutter surrounding my life. I have learned distractions, avoidance, fears, and doubts are part of the human experience, but to get to the other side of the storms we face, we must learn to sit with all of which we do not want to face.
I cannot accept the invitation life has offered me if I do not believe I deserve it. If I don’t change my relationship to accepting all of who I am, then I will continue to believe I have no choice but to settle for things that do align with my true desires.
So I can’t play small. I have chased things on the surface for too long, and it’s time to take what is fundamentally mine to own. Too often do we turn aversion to the things we want because the impossible feels far out of reach. But I have learned that we have nowhere to go in life because how we want to feel inside is far more important than the fear we will never have a chance to get what we want.
