No one can do you better than you

 From the moment we are born, we are told what to do, how to behave, how to think, what to think, what to feel, how to feel or not feel, and copious amounts of other behaviors. How much of this is really you? What if you unlearned everything you learned, what would be left? Hard to imagine, right?

Imagine it like this, from the moment you were born, it was just you and the natural world and you grew up with no one to talk to, no one that could influence you. Who would you be? You see, so much of what we are has been constructed and what is constructed can also be deconstructed.

Throughout life, we will try to mimic the personality of our surroundings. Generally speaking, if a household for instance is joyful then it is safe to say that those in it will more than likely be a joyful person compared to someone in a household of abuse for example. This isn’t to say that the opposite isn’t true because it is. Throughout history there have been incredible accounts of people being in the most tumultuous situations and still somehow making the best of it.

What I am getting at here is that there is only one of you, only one of your stories, and it is by and large a miracle you are even here! 3 trillion to 1 are the odds of having a life…YOU ARE A MIRACLE and one that is so unique. Along the way, this uniqueness gets shut down, we are forced to walk a certain line in society, be and act certain ways, and all this takes away the purity of our spirits and we end up being a way we don’t like or taking jobs that we hate.

No matter what, there is only one of you and yes, we are bound to this world and its rules and regulations. We are also boundless beings who can transcend our experiences of these perceived bondages. 

No one can do you better than you. Stop trying to be someone you aren’t. Give yourself the space and grace to reveal who you are. Quit trying to force yourself into a circle when you are a square. Spend time to get to know you! There is only one of you and only this life. Lets get to know ourselves better so we can continue to authentically and radically show up for all those in this life.