Courage

Life will always feel painful when you are going against yourself and what you truly desire. This is due to the mis-alignment a person has to their true identity. You may have caught glimpses of when you choose to do something that you do not truly wish to do. This is understandable, although, no longer needs to be this way. Whether that is a relationship that you may have dived into that you haven't been honest with yourself about or continually saying yes when you mean no. As an example, some may start to realize that they may have been clinging onto another person to fulfil their needs that never get fully met by another. Or did a relationship begin when in a vulnerable position and realizing now that it is not working and that it does not sit well with inner alignment. Any situation such as these, are when you may not have been honest with yourself due to fear of change or as simple as being unaware of choices. There are so many areas and situations that people can be placed in, that go against what they truly know, but have not wished to see before. It is important and relevant to glimpse the situation in life that feels painful to you and glimpse that raw truth to gauge the bigger picture. This is not necessarily making choices to change anything, rather just becoming conscious to understand yourself first. Maybe you can see how deeply you are mistreated at work and your beginning to truly question why you chose to be there in the first place or you may be viewing family relationships that are continually bringing you down. You may have wished to find the strength to set clear boundaries and guidelines as to what you will and won't put up with any longer.

Whatever it is for you, there is a way for you to use your compassion to understand what you did not see before, no longer judging this part of your choosing, but rather moving forward with understanding this part of yourself further. Once again, there is no immediate need, unless you feel it, to change anything or correct the parts of your life that do not align with you. In fact, this may be overwhelming and rather daunting task to undertake and it is not what I am referring to here. Rather, the most important, truly transforming part, is your honesty with yourself and what you may have tried to ignore before. Most commonly, the actions required to redirect your life will take effect naturally as you build the strength within you. When you attempt to just change the external factors of your life without the complete honesty within first, you will not find the internal peace. This comes as you continue on further to build your trust with yourself and naturally shape your destiny. This is where the true power lays within you to feel your truth and acknowledge it to further explore the inner workings of you.

There may be times during this process that you may feel a little anxious or even hesitant to take a further look at your truth and this is understandable and completely common. Discovering and uncovering of what was once suppressed from your abilities to see, comes as a surprised realization of the impact of your choices and the direction your life has taken shape. With consistency, courage and now a devotion you have to your truth, you can begin to release, heal and naturally align with your life from a whole other level of awareness of yourself.

There are many times when you may have gotten caught up in trying to be honest with yourself by projecting a stronger stance with others and this has left you feeling greater anguish. Many have been led to believe that it takes a fiery person to show authenticity towards others. This is not uncommon and is understandable, given the level of emotional turbulence that relationships can impact on your sense of self-worth and value in a conditioned society that has been left without compassion, in a general sense or even with limited respect for individuals. Maybe you have been advised by friends or other writings, to stand up for yourself and take back your power by asserting a sense of domination over others and this is never the way that will bring you the inner peace you seek. In fact, if you have already tried this, you will know that you never felt good in attempting to justify your actions to others and have not felt any satisfaction in taking that action. This is due to the effect of not having the stability of support within yourself firstly, to shape your life from a peaceful assertion rather than from an unstable position of being more inclined to show others how strong you are, without firstly building it inside of you. After that, you may come in peace and take the forward action from a solid base within you and you will truly realize the alignment that comes with this deeper understanding and focal point.

Authenticity is a truth about you that you find in your intimate journey that you have with yourself and only you can know how this feels for you as you sense the presence of your honesty within you. It is not for you to justify to others of your actions that you are taking towards leading your life in authenticity. It can come as a quiet, silent inner journey that you keep witnessing your truth and slowly start to replay your life out in the way you truly wish. Often times, many may wish to share with others of what they are finding in themselves and in doing so, they find that in the sharing they are also looking for acceptance or approval in some sense and this leads to dismissing your own power. This is a whole other area of discussing the concept of the conditioned belief of being accepted in society and feeling the need to give away all of your own sense of self-worth over to others. This is not required any longer and you may now choose to quietly contemplate your inner workings whilst transforming on every level at your own will. You may be pleasantly surprised as you build your support in honesty with yourself, that what you once required in approval from others you are finding naturally within yourself. This is the approval of yourself that you have been seeking from others and this is truly empowering to find the stability of this essence and the presence of the strength that you never before realized you had in you.

Indirectly, as you become more honest with yourself you naturally build this solid base from within that can subconsciously be reshaping many parts of your sense of self-worth, forgiveness and self-healing on a whole, complete level. But for now, it is to say that you are not expecting yourself to be instantly healed, or to be completely at peace within the first time you step out to confront what you have tried to hide from yourself. This takes conscious actioning to build that truth in you to grow and expand through your continual self-awareness. But I will share, that you may have those beautiful, 'ah-ha' moments of recognizing, hidden gems within and will feel incredible peace wash over you as you continue on. This is also when the power rises in you and you become more confident to direct yourself and this is the excitement to our existence that you are witnessing your...