The day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin
How many of us are strangers to ourselves?
Many of us live in total conflict with our core values, denying the reality of our situation. We create our own agony: By denying who we are.
And for what? So we can go on being someone else to impress people we don’t care about for reasons that don’t matter? It isn’t worth living a lie and being untrue to who you are, no matter how crazy, how eccentric, how uncommon, how different you may be. You are who you are. The earlier in life we accept this and get on with it, the easier and sweeter we shall live out our days.
Start getting to know yourself and embracing yourself instead of hiding under the covers. You won’t miss the lie you were living, because living true to yourself is the real paradise.
You can be different from the rest of the world and still be fabulous — in fact, you’re fabulous because of it, not despite it. Different means good. So if you are different, you, my dear, are good.
It’s perfectly fine to explore what your heart wants. It’s completely alright to tune out the rest of the world so you can build a connection with your soul. You won’t regret getting to know the person who lives inside you. The most beautiful thing you will ever witness in your life is when you begin to unfold into the person you were meant to be from your very beginning.
One of the most powerful ways to get to know yourself is through journaling. Journaling prompts self-discovery and helps you connect to your inner wisdom, which is especially important in our noisy world. Through journaling you get to know your personality, your core values, your body, your dreams and your likes and dislikes.
Getting to know ourselves allows us to tap into the well of happiness beyond our imagination. Bliss even on cloudy days!
