I choose differently, I choose to respond from a different place within me. I choose to observe my thoughts, question them and check in with what my body is saying about the situation. The mind doesn’t know my truth, my body does. And if I were to believe all the thoughts my mind produces, then I’d feel as hopeless, desperate and sick as the thoughts. Is that my reality? However, shame gets activated in me when in that place of fear, nausea, and despair, activated many lower-level emotions of fear, anger, guilt, and shame. The stories get reignited, and I drop into the old misperceptions of 'not enough' and 'not worthy'. My internal struggle is activated around my thinking, instead of me resting in my truth.
So how do I want to be with myself? I want to honor my truth, drop back into the place within me that holds peace as my dominant guiding principle. Along with love, trust, and truth. I release all energies, thoughts, and emotions that are not mine. I give dignity to another’s processing of the situation. I choose not to take it personally. I choose not to respond from the need to be right. I honor my truth by speaking it and l surrender to the revealing of our opportunities for healing and growth - both personally and as a committed union.
And so it is.
~Meg Black
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