"look how happy we are here, in the world our inner children made"
How do you shine your authentic light brightly without letting your fear get the better of you? I've been in a phase the last couple of weeks where I feel like I've really been speeding up my journey of opening up. I'm becoming more authentic, and I feel much better, I know what my next steps are... The world keeps asking while I'm still a little slow... In the moment I can really feel the right move for me, the right thing to say, feeling a light of authenticity, it feels great, but eventually this other feeling dawns on me, things shrink in and a panic shoots through me, of immense regret, sometimes about things I haven't done yet, but my mind goes to what the aftermath will be, It's like I snap out of whatever deeper feeling moved through me, I now exist in this future potential, and things go a bit cold, I want to close up and simply just not bother at all, I don't want to stand out, I don't want to create conflict, I don't want to stand in that uncomfortable spot, Am I afraid others will challenge me for what I stand for? that they will argue with me, send me their "attacks" All while I feel I can't exist, be seen, felt or accepted? Anyway, How was it for you in those moments after you really chose to start being more authentic? I know I could do things gently with myself, I know I don't need to do it all at once, I also want to be careful I don't use that to hold myself back, because it's easy when the first step can feel so incredibly uncomfortable. It hit me one day, the fear of taking a leap, be it speaking up - or jumping into the ocean, it's the same feeling, maybe my body is just not used to holding that feeling of the initial "jump", The idea hit me, what if I just spend some time this summer practicing jumping into the ocean? It could help me get used to that feeling.... Of the leap, The deep water makes me feel uncomfortable, so it could work, I don't like that I can't see the bottom, you simply don't know what to expect, this great unknown catching you,