The Love List
Today I am starting a Love List.
I suppose it's a bit of a Love Letter to myself, a reminder of all the things in life that I love to do, that bring me joy, that make me smile, that cause my heart to sing and that basically just make my day a happier one.
It seems that a we move through life, distracted by details and responsibilities, and as we travel further and further from the clarity of soul we once had as children, we spend most of our time creating a life in response to other's expectations: our bosses', our family's, or our own muddied, overly critical, often unobtainable, and sometimes unfamiliar expectations for ourselves.
This is how we lose track of ourselves. It's how we wake up one day, years older and wonder where the time has gone and who we have become. It's how we end up feeling unfulfilled and with regrets at the end of our lives. It's how we lose our way.
So I've decided to un-muddy myself and find that straight, clear path. I'm not sure how to do this, but I know I want to shake off the external obligations and return to the person I once knew, without any doubt, that I was. No more doubt. No more fear of not meeting others expectations. No more role playing. No more dodging my truth. If I can align my thoughts, emotions and actions in a way which exemplify a version of the truest "me", then that is my goal. This is my definition of authenticity.
The following list is a start. These things I know, without a doubt, feed my soul and always have - in essence, I have not changed much in all my years. My soul remains the same soul that as a child laughed at and saw wonderment in the world. I'm happy to make her re-acquaintance.
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