Acceptance

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acceptance, accepting what is, Believing, challenge, courage, Courageous Vulnerability, dyslexic, empathy, evolve, faith, growth, love, Soul to Soul, spirit, transformation

After all this time I have come to accept that being dyslexic is actually my super power. For so long I have hidden this aspect of myself and did not even know what it was or that there was a name for why I saw things, spoke the way I did or wrote the way I did. All this time I just lived with the shame and humiliation that there was something wrong with me or that I was just not intelligent enough. 

And now, I am opening myself up to simply accepting it as something that has truly been an asset and as a secret super power. Yes, my brain works differently than others but because of this I see, sense and experience the world in a way that has heightened me being an empath and healer that I am. Not to mention the creativity that I bring to making dances and building kinetic worlds. 

The other rather interesting thing that has come of coming out as dyslexic is that I have successfully built skills to work with it and through it to write and express myself better. The 30 day challenges I have given myself have helped to simply practice these skills and to build confidence in making small shifts in my courage to write. 

We know that we are able to change neural pathways and use neuroplasticity as a tool for remapping and relearning things. Because of this, folks don’t have to suffer in silence or believe themselves to be inferior or broken. It’s like many things we hide to avoid shame but in reality, if we open ourselves up, we find it possible to heal and to work through what is in fact solvable. 

What would it be like if we supported so many others on whatever journey they were on? What would it be like if we lead with acceptance and love rather than expectation and fear? Would we not all be more open and supportive? Would our lives be that much less difficult? It seems to me we all could live with a lot less trauma and a lot more acceptance. 

Why is it we as human beings feel a need to only feel safe when we are all the same? Why do we do this to one another? What is so comforting about being like everyone else and othering those that we don’t understand or fear? Don’t we in fact learn so much from our differences and grow because of them? 

I know for me there would have been a lot less mountains of healing to climb would I really have known that all of who I was/am was always good enough and embraced. If I was to say anything to my younger self it would be to not fear who I am and to live unabashedly unashamed. Live loud. Live big. And most of all, love yourself like no one could ever love you. 

Perhaps we all could find it within ourselves to encourage this in ourselves and in all of those we come into contact with. Perhaps we could practice acceptance and sometimes learn to live with what makes us uncomfortable at times. There is a lot the body can teach us when we lean into our discomfort and find out what is hiding within that. 

More and more I try to find out what is lurking in the uneasiness that needs my attention. Facing those moments and bringing them into my awareness is where the transformation happens. And trust me, there is a lot of transformation still to happen. 

I have found that admitting who I really was and facing what being dyslexic meant was a moment of great freedom and oddly great pride. Like many things in my life, I am relearning how to live with great pride and acceptance of the fullness of my being. 

Pressing Back the Boundaries of Ourselves: Day 8

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Believing, challenge, choice, courage, Expanding Spirit, faith, fear, heart path, joy, Risk, Soul to Soul, universal heart, well being

Realizing that courage is directly linked to fear is a huge part of shifting ones being into a beautiful transformation. When we find ourselves lacking the courage to do something, it is more likely than not related to the fact that we are very much afraid of whatever it is that lies outside of our comfort zone or our current abilities. When we fear what we don’t know because we don’t think we are capable of doing something, we are letting fear keep us from perhaps becoming and doing the very things we wish to be and experience.

The best way to make a shift in your life is to take a risk at expanding your knowledge and your comfort zone. This is one of the reasons education is a crucial part of our development and why learning how to fail is as crucial as learning how to succeed. In our culture we place such a significant value on success and winning that we are actually suppressing our greatest success, personal growth and spiritual expansion.

If we continue to allow our culture to be the guiding principles to which we live our lives, we will continue to drop back down to the lowest common denominator. Culturally speaking, we are fearful of rocking the boat, not being accepted, disappointing others by choosing to follow the whispers of our hearts. Although following ones heart path is not easy, it is filled with much greater joy and love than grazing on the couch with the herd.

We need to desperately be out experiencing things that move us, challenge our spirits and test our resolve. This doesn’t mean you have to do things that are beyond your moral or ethical paradigm, but it does mean that you need to look squarely in their face and make the decision about what you want or do not want in your life rather than live your father or mothers lives.

When we are out experiencing life and absorbing all it has to offer, it allows us to see the many beautiful facets of life itself and therefore ourselves. If we see what is possible, experience what can be, we might just realize we have what it takes to do the very things our hearts and souls have been aching to do. We just might realize we could learn the skills and tools necessary to walk the heart path that has been whispering to us from our DNA since our beginning. We just might realize we have the courage and the capacity to not fear joy.

Travel Challenge on the way to Rome

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challenge, courage, delays, faith, quiet, simplicity, travel, trip

Ironically, shortly after my most recent post, Adventure in Traveling, I now sit awaiting a departure for Rome. As I sit here we are 50 minutes behind schedule for electrical reasons in the cabin. And still, I sit quietly. Quietly reading and taking in this time that the luxury of patience affords.

One detail I would like to share is that in this stillness u began to read a most wonderful book that seems to be reaching out and cupping my heart. Would we be in the air I would not be sharing with you my joy and or have read deeply into its spine.

The book in my lap is “Finding Inner Courage” by Mark Nepo. So far the book seems to be touching the very soul of what I need to be reading at this juncture in my life and is reinforcing all that I am learning and absorbing on my research leave this far. If you get a chance, check it out. Especially if your feeling the need for a good heartfelt and compassionate read.

Anyway, this little bit of stolen time, correction, given time is truly something to be grateful for. Thank you again journey for opening time, the heart, and a voice to reinforce my thoughts.