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Today while engaging in conversation, I was reminded of how much our past plays a role in who we allow ourselves to ‘be.’  No matter how wonderful the stories are that we tell of our really great families, the underlying truth of it all is, they’re just stories.  We’ve all experienced some kind of pain or shame from the people who are the ones that are suppose to create safety and love.

We are so much more than what we’ve been taught to believe we are.  At a physical level, we’re not mechanical rather we’re Organic Bio Processors.  At a spiritual level or the center of our being, we’ve been taught that we’re not ‘worthy’ of having a wonderful life because we’re really not all that special.  So the ‘being’ gets squashed and we grow up feeling & being less than what we actually are.

Words from our past surface in our adult lives and we still feel the sting.  Somehow that sting from the past never goes away.  There is no benefit to holding on to the pain and yet we have such great difficulty shaking ourselves free of it.  We run our thoughts through the intellect and run the old strategies of put up – shut up – suck it up and then ‘pretend’ that we’re all better.  But are we?

We’ve been taught so well that as long as we’re ‘doing’ something, then we’re a value to society.  Great!  But do we value who we are when we’re busy ‘doing?’  We devalue ourselves based on other peoples opinions of us .  I know that in my life, the true value of an individual comes from their ‘being,’ rather than in their ‘doing.’

Living is not about doing.  Living is about Experiencing every moment.  Once the moment has passed, we have the opportunity to relax into ourselves and ask  a question.  Did I enjoy that experience?  If yes, then I’ll more than likely do it again.  If not, I probably won’t.  Life is that simple.

Who We Are Make A Difference, not only in our lives but that of our children, our partners, co-workers and the list is long.  So I offer you this question to ponder over for yourSelf.

Are you happy being who you are in the world or have you been so busy ‘doing’ that you’ve never considered the question?

Letting Go of The past And…Creating New!

Amy