I was talking to a friend this morning and remembered one of the deepest lessons I’ve learnt in the past couple of years: I don’t own anyone anything.
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We are in a world that sells to us the idea that we can escape our everyday reality. That there is a way to let loose and ignore it all, as a way to feel – momentarily – better. We see it in pop culture, media, books and anywhere our eyes set upon and through everything we hear: Netflix and chill, binge eating, intoxication, retail therapy and the other multitude of things that take us far from our reality for a bit or make us feel numb. We are constantly being marketed a non-satisfactory means of filling in the discomfort we feel within us.
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The title to this post in a line from one of my favourite songs Warrior//Worrier by Outlandish. I was driving on the highway after dropping my daughter at school a few weeks back and as I was driving I was scanning my head for trying to think of something to listen to that would give my spirit a spark. This song came to my mind and I turned it on; from the first line it was like it was the missing piece that tied so many life experiences together into a nice package that made it all make sense. That’s the beauty of art – something I have come to really appreciate in these « panorama » days of our lives.
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We live in a world full of opportunity and with each opportunity dozens of options. In the midst of all these choices I have also begun to notice a culture of control, rather than having these options expand our horizons and provide a new sense of freedom, instead I find it nails down our limbs and limits our expectations. We now only expect what we want and are almost never willing to try something different or do something new outside the boundaries of our own expectations.
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Shame; that feeling of emptiness in the pit of your stomach defined as the fear of disconnection when think we are not worthy. To grow from shame a sense of worthiness is required along with love and belonging. People who have a sense of worthiness also have something else, courage. Courage is to tell the story of who you are with your heart, compassion and connection. To be who we are we must let go of who we think we should be. We must fully embrace vulnerability because what makes us vulnerable makes us beautiful. We must have the willingness to do things with no guarantees and live with uncertainty. We need to let ourselves be seen and love with our whole hearts, we must practice gratitude and joy.
After all to be vulnerable is to be alive.(Inspired by Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability)