NEW POST: Are You Ready to Break the Cycle of The Nothing? Fact: Its scary to tell the truth. Its frightening to step out in to the open and say, HEY WORLD! Guess what? Im here and Ive got shit to say that not everyones going to agree with. Its scary to know this and be ok with it and to go out in the open with it anyway. Because, sometimes, our messages strike a cord with others and its not the cord we were hoping for. We get negative feedback or we hear crickets chirping and our immediate reaction is to turn inward, rescind and confirm for ourselves that stepping out in to the open with our truth created exactly what we expected it to. Rejection. Pain. Shame. So what happens next? Fear enters stage left, comforts our little bruised egos and tells us in its patronizing, baby-voice, that its ok, we were right in the first place...playing small and keeping our hands in our laps IS the way to protect us from ever experiencing that level of pain again. And we settle in with our mediocrity while the fire burns silently in our chest. Instead of fanning the flames, we stifle it and pray that it will burn out. We convince ourselves that the answers, our deepest knowing, is actually a lie weve been telling ourselves just so we can feel some level of importance in this world. And we do nothing. Because The Nothing Space is fears only way to continue its existence (like in The NeverEnding Story). We march on like good soldiers to the jobs we hate, in the relationships we feel empty in and we refuse to value ourselves in the world in which we live. Well...Im here with your wake up call, sister...The Nothing is going to eat you alive if you allow it to. Playing small isnt hurting anyone but you. Stifling your truth so others wont feel intimidated or uncomfortable is silently breaking you. Your fear is only a mechanism of the things youve been taught to believe are true by others who were too afraid to fan their own passionate flame. Its time to break the cycle. If you cant do it for yourself, then look at the other people in your life. Your children, your nieces and nephews, your grandkids, your best friends daughter... Start there. YOU have a legacy to leave here. You have a tribe to lead. A movement to create. No one else can tell this story and until you find the courage inside to write it, speak it and share it with the world...the Nothing wins. Its time to stop playing small. Comment below or on Facebook with ONE intentional action you are going to do today to BREAK THE CYCLE. amberlilyestrom/blog/2014/11/5/when-you-know-its-time-to-stop-playing-small
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:52:25 +0000
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